The impacts of ENSO, PDO, and local SSTS on winter precipitation in India

Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 464-474

  Sen Roy, Shouraseni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; India; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Sea surface temperature; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33846811524     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.27.5.464     Document Type: Article

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