The role of land surface processes on the mesoscale simulation of the July 26, 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 87-103

  Chang, Hsin I ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a,b   Niyogi, Dev ^a   Mohanty, U C ^c   Chen, Fei ^b   Dudhia, Jimy ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy rain; Indian summer monsoon; Land surface processes; Mesoscale convection; Mumbai; Weather research and forecast model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 66149139684     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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