Stepwise onset of monsoon weather observed in the Nepal Himalaya

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2507-2522

  Ueno, K ^a   Toyotsu, K ^a,b   Bertolani, L ^c   Tartari, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Central Research and Development Laboratory   (Japan)

^c Epson Meteo Centre   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED IMAGING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; CLOUD DEVELOPMENT; COORDINATED ENHANCED OBSERVING PERIOD; DATA-SETS; HIGH ELEVATIONS; HIMALAYA; IN-SITU; MONSOON ONSET; MONSOON RAINFALL; REFERENCE SITES; SATELLITE INFRARED IMAGES; SUBTROPICAL JETS; TIME LAGS; VALLEY WIND;

LANDFORMS;

INFRARED IMAGERY; JET STREAM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WESTERLY;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 52149096433     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2298.1     Document Type: Article

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