Role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures in modulating northwest Indian winter precipitation variability

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 73-83

  Yadav, R K ^a   Rupa Kumar, K ^a   Rajeevan, M ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 33750460939     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0221-5     Document Type: Article

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