Multiyear hindcast simulations of summer monsoon over South Asia using a nested regional climate model-BCC_RegCM1.0

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-264

  Saeed, Sajjad ^a,b,d   Liu, Yiming ^c   Rasul, Ghulam ^a  

^a PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Pakistan)

^b Global Change Impact Studies Centre   (Pakistan)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING BIAS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79951550534     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0297-4     Document Type: Article

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