A study on climatological features of the asian summer monsoon: Dynamics, energetics and variability

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1511-1541

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Heat and moisture; Kinetic energy; Reanalysis; Summer monsoon; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

HEAT BUDGET; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22144492233     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2681-z     Document Type: Article

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