Evaluation of dynamic downscaling performance of Weather Research and Forecasting Model over the Indo-Gangetic Basin Chiranjib Chaudhuri * Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Rajesh Srivastava Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur * Corresponding author address: Chiranjib Chaudhuri, Department of Geography and Envi- ronmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University E-mail: chiranjibchaudhuri@gmail.com 1