Coupled dynamics over the Indian Ocean: Spring initiation of the Zonal Mode

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 12-13, 2003, Pages 2305-2330

  Annamalai, H ^a   Murtugudde, R ^b   Potemra, J ^a   Xie, S P ^a,c   Liu, P ^a   Wang, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

MONSOON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THROUGHFLOW;

(SOUTHEAST); INDIAN OCEAN;

POMATIOPSIS CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0038686856     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00058-4     Document Type: Article

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