Large scale features and assessment of spatial scale correspondence between TMPA and IMD rainfall datasets over Indian landmass

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 573-588

  Uma, R ^a   Kumar, T V Lakshmi ^a   Narayanan, M S ^a   Rajeevan, M ^b   Bhate, Jyoti ^c   Kumar, K Niranjan ^d  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

IMD gridded data; ISO; Southwest monsoon rainfall; Spatial scales; TMPA

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRMM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 84881083232     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0312-0     Document Type: Article

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