A numerical study of the hydrometeorological dryline in Northwest India during the monsoon

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 A, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 337-361

  Chiao, Sen ^a   Barros, Ana P ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH ASIA; THAR DESERT;

EID: 34248666400     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85A.337     Document Type: Article

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