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Improved understanding of an extreme rainfall event at the Himalayan foothills – a case study using COSMO Cover

Improved understanding of an extreme rainfall event at the Himalayan foothills – a case study using COSMO

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Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Dec 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.26031 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 26031 - 26031
Submitted on: Sep 16, 2014
Accepted on: Apr 28, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
COSMO,
deep convection,
extreme rainfall,
orography,
North-west India

© 2015 Prabhakar Shrestha, Ashok Priyadarshan Dimri, Annika Schomburg, Clemens Simmer, published by Stockholm University Press
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