The strengthening relationship between ENSO and northeast monsoon rainfall over Sri Lanka and southern India

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1567-1575

  Zubair, Lareef ^a   Ropelewski, C F ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN;

MONSOON RAINFALL; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33646771823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3670.1     Document Type: Article

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