Prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall using a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Janakiraman, S ^a   Ved, Mohit ^a   Laveti, Ramesh Naidu ^a   Yadav, Priyanka ^b   Gadgil, Sulochana ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ocean atmosphere model; Prediction; Rainfall; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 79951846934     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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