Sea-breeze-initiated rainfall over the east coast of India during the Indian southwest monsoon

Natural Hazards

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-413

  Simpson, Matthew ^a,f   Warrior, Hari ^b   Raman, Sethu ^a   Aswathanarayana, P A ^c   Mohanty, U C ^d   Suresh, R ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^e INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale circulation; Monsoon; Sea breeze

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA BREEZE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHENNAI; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 63249087802     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9081-2     Document Type: Article

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