Simulation of the Indian summer monsoon regional climate using advanced research WRF model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1195-1210

  Srinivas, C V ^a   Hariprasad, D ^b   Bhaskar Rao, D V ^c   Anjaneyulu, Y ^c   Baskaran, R ^a   Venkatraman, B ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian summer monsoon; Rainfall; Seasonal scale; WRF ARW

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL GRADIENTS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEASONAL SCALE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WRF ARW;

RAIN;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LA NINA; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TRMM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85028107226     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3505     Document Type: Article

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