Reduction in temporal and spatial extent of the Indian summer monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Ramesh, K V ^a   Goswami, P ^a  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RAIN; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAND-OCEAN TEMPERATURE; MONSOON RAINFALL; SUMMER MONSOON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39049088048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031613     Document Type: Article

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