Intraseasonal "monsoon jets" in the equatorial Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Senan, Retish ^a   Sengupta, Debasis ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MIXED CONVECTION; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; EQUATORIAL WINDS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SCATTEROMETER WINDS; SELECTIVE RESPONSE; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

JET; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MONSOON; ZONAL WIND;

(EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0141976743     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017583     Document Type: Article

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