Simulation of mesoscale features associated with intense western disturbances over western Himalayas

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-308

  Dimri, A P ^a   Mohanty, U C ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Horizontal resolution; Numerical weather prediction; Western Disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN COMFORT INDEX; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PENN STATE UNIVERSITY; WESTERN DISTURBANCE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 70349432547     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.117     Document Type: Article

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