Variability of the Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and its impacts on Asian-Australian monsoon climate

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Yoo, Soo Hyun ^a,b   Yang, Song ^b   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33646227462     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006001     Document Type: Article

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