A study on the role of land-atmosphere coupling on the south Asian monsoon climate variability using a regional climate model

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 949-964

  Unnikrishnan, C K ^a   Rajeevan, M ^b   Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COUPLING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA;

EID: 84948148362     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1680-y     Document Type: Article

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