Intraseasonal teleconnection between the summer Eurasian wave train and the Indian Monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3751-3767

  Ding, Qinghua ^a   Wang, Bin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MIDLATITUDE PROPAGATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548134450     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4221.1     Document Type: Article

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