Variability of the Indian Ocean: Relation to monsoon and ENSO

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 590 PART A, 2003, Pages 1623-1646

  Krishnamurthy, V ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Dipole; Indo Pacific; SST

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES (SSTA);

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0038556972     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.166     Document Type: Article

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