Simulation and extended range prediction of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations in NCEP CFS/GFS version 2 framework

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1394-1408

  Sahai, A K ^a   Sharmila, S ^a   Abhilash, S ^a   Chattopadhyay, R ^a   Borah, N ^a   Krishna, R P M ^a   Joseph, S ^a   Roxy, M ^a   De, S ^a   Pattnaik, S ^b   Pillai, P A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Extended range prediction; Monsoon intraseasonal oscillations; Ocean atmosphere coupling; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878345215     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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