On the anomalous precipitation enhancement over the Himalayan foothills during monsoon breaks

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2009-2031

  Vellore, Ramesh K ^a   Krishnan, R ^a   Pendharkar, Jayant ^a   Choudhury, Ayantika Dey ^a   Sabin, T P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flood producing precipitation; Himalayan foothills; Monsoon breaks; Westerly trough

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891379239     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2024-1     Document Type: Article

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