Ensemble simulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by an atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-231

  Sajani, S ^a,b   Nakazawa, T ^c   Kitoh, A ^c   Rajendran, K ^b,c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548013327     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.213     Document Type: Article

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