Location-specific prediction of the probability of occurrence and quantity of precipitation over the Western Himalayas

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 520-533

  Mohanty, U C ^a   Dimri, A P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECTS;

WEATHER CONDITIONS; WINTER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 3142672121     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0520:LPOTPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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