Oscillatory behavior of monsoon rainfall over Sri Lanka during the late 19th and 20th centuries and its relationships to SSTs in the Indian Ocean and ENSO

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 115-125

  Malmgren, B A ^a   Hullugalla, R ^b,c   Lindeberg, G ^d   Inoue, Y ^b   Hayashi, Y ^b   Mikami, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WARM POOL;

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

EID: 34247238371     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0225-9     Document Type: Article

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