Rossby waves in May and the Indian summer monsoon rainfall

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 854-864

  Joseph, P V ^a   Srinivasan, J ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0033392788     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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