Anomalous wind circulation observed during 1997/98 El Niño using Indian MST radar

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Jagannadha Rao, V V M ^a   Babu, A Narendra ^b   Bhaskara Rao, S Vijaya ^b   Narayana Rao, D ^c  

^a Sri Venkateswara Government Polytechnic   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WIND;

EL NIÑO; WIND CIRCULATION; WIND PATTERN;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EL NINO; HADLEY CELL; JET STREAM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; MONSOON; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846811581     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2443.1     Document Type: Article

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