A study on dynamic and thermodynamic aspects of breaks in the summer monsoon over India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-360

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Break monsoon; Energetics; Reanalysis; Student's t test; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

BREAK-MONSOON; MONSOON CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BUDGET; MONSOON; RAINFALL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1842854517     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1005     Document Type: Article

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