1997: The El Niño of the century and the response of the Indian summer monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1778-1797

  Slingo, J M ^a   Annamalai, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON;

EID: 0033912928     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1778:TENOOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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