Summer monsoon rainfall scenario over Bangladesh using a high-resolution AGCM

Natural Hazards

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 793-807

  Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a,b   Rafiuddin, M ^b   Alam, Md Mahbub ^a   Kusunoki, Shoji ^c   Kitoh, Akio ^c   Giorgi, F ^d  

^a SAARC Meteorological Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGCM; Monsoon; Rainfall; Raingauge data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84884903984     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0734-7     Document Type: Article

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