Variability of convective activity over the north Indian ocean and its associations with monsoon rainfall over India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 164, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1527-1545

  Pattanaik, D R ^a  

^a INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

All India summer monsoon rainfall (AISMR); Convection; Homogeneous region; North Indian Ocean; Outgoing long wave radiation (OLR)

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CORRELATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548320808     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0243-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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