Multiscale interaction with topography and extreme rainfall events in the northeast Indian region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Goswami, Bidyut Bikash ^a   Mukhopadhyay, P ^a   Mahanta, R ^b   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DISASTER PREVENTION; FLOOD CONTROL; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; THUNDERSTORMS; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVES;

CENTRAL INDIA; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DAILY RAINFALL; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DIURNAL PERIOD; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; FLASH FLOOD; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; MULTISCALE INTERACTIONS; PRE-MONSOON; RAIN EVENTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUMMER MONSOON; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD FORECASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

INDIA;

EID: 77954502200     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012275     Document Type: Article

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