A broad-scale circulation index for the interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 611-633

  Goswami, B N ^a   Krishnamurthy, V ^b   Annamalai, H ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Meridional circulation; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032966279     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55411     Document Type: Article

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