Surface and upper air fields during extreme winter precipitation over the western Himalayas

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1679-1698

  Dimri, A P ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Circulation; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33747174009     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0092-4     Document Type: Article

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