Wintertime land surface characteristics in climatic simulations over the western Himalayas

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-344

  Dimri, A P ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Regional climate; Systematic bias; Western disturbances; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; WINTER;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84860374048     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0166-x     Document Type: Article

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