Monsoons: processes, predictability, and the prospects for prediction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C7, 1998, Pages 14451-14510

  Webster, P J ^a   Magana V O ^b   Palmer, T N ^c   Shukla, J ^d   Tomas, R A ^a   Yanai, M ^e   Yasunari, T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FORECASTING; MONSOON; TOGA;

EID: 0032577958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02719     Document Type: Article

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