Relation of Eurasian snow cover and Indian summer monsoon rainfall: Importance of the delayed hydrological effect

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1273-1289

  Halder, Subhadeep ^a   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Monsoons; Snowmelt icemelt; Soil moisture; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; MONSOONS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; SNOWMELT; SURFACE FLUX;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; WIND SHEAR;

CHINA; EURASIA; INDIA; XIZANG;

EID: 85012240074     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0033.1     Document Type: Article

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