Intraseasonal variability of the summer monsoon over the north Indian ocean as revealed by the BOBMEX and ARMEX field programs

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1481-1510

  Rao, P Sanjeeva ^a   Sikka, D R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

ARMEX; BOBMEX; Intraseasonal oscillation; Ocean atmosphere coupled system; SST

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22144499180     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2680-0     Document Type: Article

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