Delayed onset of the 2002 Indian monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Flatau, M K ^a   Flatau, P J ^b,c   Schmidt, J ^a   Kiladis, G N ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NRL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOPHYSICS; RAIN; EARTH SCIENCES;

MONSOON; INDIAN MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON ONSET; SET OF EVENTS; SIMILAR PATTERN;

CLIMATOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

EID: 0141942134     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017434     Document Type: Article

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