Simulation of a Himalayan cloudburst event

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-313

  Das, Someshwar ^a   Ashrit, Raghavendra ^a   Moncrieff, M W ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloudburst; Flash floods; Mesoscale; Tropical rainfall measuring mission

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLASH FLOOD; INSTRUMENTATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33746375337     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702044     Document Type: Article

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