Dynamical simulation of Indian summer monsoon circulation, rainfall and its interannual variability using a high resolution atmospheric general circulation model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1927-1942

  Ratna, Satyaban Bishoyi ^a   Sikka, D R ^b   Dalvi, Mohit ^a   Venkata Ratnam, J ^c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c Institute for Global Change Research   (Japan)

^d Application Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGCMs; Indian summer monsoon; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

AGCMS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DYNAMICAL SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; GRID POINTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL SIMULATION; MONSOON ONSET; MONSOON SEASON; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL PREDICTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 80054889705     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2202     Document Type: Article

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