Intraseasonal oscillation in the Indian summer monsoon simulated by global and nested regional climate models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3124-3134

  Bhaskaran, B ^a,b   Murphy, J M ^b   Jones, R G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; OSCILLATION; SUMMER;

INDIA;

EID: 0033042235     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3124:IOITIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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