Influence of Eurasian snow cover in spring on the Indian Ocean Dipole

Climate Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Pang, Hongxi ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Lu, Aigang ^a   Zhao, Jingdong ^a   Song, Bo ^a   Ning, Baoying ^a   Yuan, Lingling ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation anomalies; Eurasian snow cover; Indian Ocean Dipole; Ocean atmosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORCING; SNOW COVER;

EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 30444441294     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr030013     Document Type: Article

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