Simulated projections for summer monsoon climate over India by a high-resolution regional climate model (PRECIS)

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-326

  Krishna Kumar, K ^a   Patwardhan, S K ^a   Kulkarni, A ^a   Kamala, K ^b   Koteswara Rao, K ^a   Jones, R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Monsoon; Regional climate model; Simulated projections

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053338796     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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