Role of the Arabian Sea warm pool on the precipitation characteristics during the monsoon onset period

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1890-1899

  Sijikumar, S ^a   Rajeev, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Mesoscale models; Regional effects

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; ENHANCED CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; FORCINGS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; MESOSCALE MODEL; MOIST AIR; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON ONSET; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL EFFECTS; SHARP CONTRAST; WARM POOLS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WEST COAST;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAKES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; WARM POOL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84858603207     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00286.1     Document Type: Article

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