Active, weak and break spells in the Indian summer monsoon

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Prasad, V S ^a,b   Hayashi, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; NOAA SATELLITE; SUMMER; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33845246141     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-006-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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