Evaluation of cloud properties in the NCEP CFSv2 model and its linkage with Indian summer monsoon

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 31-41

  Hazra, Anupam ^a   Chaudhari, Hemantkumar S ^a   Dhakate, Ashish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84923013542     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1404-3     Document Type: Article

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