Major moisture sources for Western and Southern India and their role on synoptic-scale rainfall events

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3886-3895

  Ordóñez, Paulina ^a   Ribera, Pedro ^a   Gallego, David ^a   Peña Ortiz, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

FLEXPART; Humidity sources; Indian summer monsoon; Lagrangian trajectories

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; BAY OF BENGAL; DIAGNOSIS METHODS; FLEXPART; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; MOISTURE FLUXES; RAINFALL EVENT; RECYCLING PROCESS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STUDY AREAS; SUMMER MONSOON; WATER VAPOUR; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; WATER RECYCLING;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 84870502335     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8455     Document Type: Article

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