Application of regional climate models to the Indian winter monsoon over the western Himalayas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dimri, A P ^a   Yasunari, T ^b   Wiltshire, A ^c   Kumar, P ^d   Mathison, C ^c   Ridley, J ^c   Jacob, D ^d  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indian winter monsoon; Regional climate model; Western Himalayas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WESTERN HIMALAYAS; WINTER MONSOON;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHY; WINTER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

INDIAN WINTER MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; WESTERN HIMALAYAS;

CLIMATE; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84891739388     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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