Evaporation-precipitation variability over Indian Ocean and its assessment in NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSv2)

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2585-2608

  Pokhrel, Samir ^a   Rahaman, Hasibur ^b   Parekh, Anant ^a   Saha, Subodh Kumar ^a   Dhakate, Ashish ^a   Chaudhari, Hemantkumar S ^a   Gairola, Rakesh Mohan ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84868028154     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1542-6     Document Type: Article

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