Comparison of thunderstorm simulations from WRF-NMM and WRF-ARW models over east indian region

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Litta, A J ^a   Mary Ididcula, Sumam ^a   Mohanty, U C ^b   Kiran Prasad, S ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEM; ADVANCED RESEARCH WRF; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; INDIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84862550402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/951870     Document Type: Article

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