A study of vertical cloud structure of the Indian summer monsoon using CloudSat data

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 637-650

  Rajeevan, M ^a,c   Rohini, P ^b   Niranjan Kumar, K ^a   Srinivasan, J ^b   Unnikrishnan, C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Active break cycle; Clouds; Indian monsoon; Intra seasonal; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD; CLOUDSAT; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

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

EID: 84874950401     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1374-4     Document Type: Article

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