Application of multimodel ensemble techniques for real time district level rainfall forecasts in short range time scale over Indian region

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-35

  Roy Bhowmik, S K ^a   Durai, V R ^a  

^a INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 77949265545     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0047-2     Document Type: Article

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