Onset characteristics of the southwest monsoon over India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-182

  Raju, P V S ^a   Mohanty, U C ^a   Bhatla, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Heat; Indian summer monsoon onset; Kinetic energy; Moisture; NCEP NCAR reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DATA REDUCTION; JETS; KINETIC ENERGY; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; DIABATIC HEATING; FLUX CONVERGENCE; TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MONSOON; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14344266385     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1121     Document Type: Article

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