South Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability: Coupled climate model simulations and projections under IPCC AR4

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 133-159

  Kripalani, R H ^a,b   Oh, J H ^a   Kulkarni, A ^b   Sabade, S S ^b   Chaudhari, H S ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUMMER;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35448983889     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0282-0     Document Type: Article

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