Simulation of monsoon depressions using MM5: Sensitivity to cumulus parameterization schemes

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 53-78

  Ratnam, J Venkata ^a,b   Cox, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745362902     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0160-9     Document Type: Article

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