Impact of localized sea surface temperature anomalies over the equatorial Indian Ocean on the Indian summer monsoon

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-853

  Chandrasekar, A ^a,b   Kitoh, Akio ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0040579655     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.6_841     Document Type: Article

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