Northeast monsoon rainfall variability over south peninsular India vis-à-vis the Indian Ocean dipole mode

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1267-1282

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Composite analysis; Indian Ocean SST; NCEP NCAR reanalysis; South India rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE MODE (IODM); MONSOON SEASON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3843063592     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1071     Document Type: Article

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