Dynamics of breaks in the Indian summer monsoon

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1354-1372

  Krishnan, R ^a,d   Zhang, C ^b   Sugi, M ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSITION FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MONSOONS; ROSSBY WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE;

INDIA;

EID: 0034082987     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1354:DOBITI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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