An objective definition of the Indian summer monsoon season and a new perspective on the ENSO-monsoon relationship

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 624 PART A, 2007, Pages 749-764

  Xavier, Prince K ^a,c   Marzin, Charline ^a,c   Goswami, B N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Apparent heat source; Apparent moisture sink; Length of rainy season; Tropospheric temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ADVECTIVE COOLING; HEAT SOURCE; MERIDIONAL GRADIENT; MOISTURE SINK; SUMMER MONSOON SEASON; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

WIND;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT SOURCE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34249987682     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.45     Document Type: Article

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