Precipitation recycling in the Indian subcontinent during summer monsoon

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2050-2066

  Pathak, Amey ^a   Ghosh, Subimal ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 84907452613     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-0172.1     Document Type: Article

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