Wintertime seasonal scale simulation over Western Himalaya using RegCM3

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1733-1746

  Dimri, A P ^a   Ganju, A ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Seasonal scale simulation; Snow; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSCALE MOTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 34548306381     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0239-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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