Impact of surface meteorological observations on RAMS forecast of monsoon weather systems over the Indian region

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 77-108

  Mukhopadhyay, P ^a   Sanjay, J ^a   Cotton, W R ^b   Singh, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; WEATHER STATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25844440752     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-004-0090-y     Document Type: Article

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