Influence of mid-latitude circulation on upper Indus basin precipitation: The explicit role of irrigation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 21-38

  Saeed, Fahad ^a   Hagemann, Stefan ^b   Saeed, Sajjad ^c   Jacob, Daniela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Indus basin; Irrigation; Mid latitude circulation; REMO; South Asian summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRIGATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SUMMER; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS BASIN;

EID: 84871921719     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1480-3     Document Type: Article

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