Local Hadley circulation over the Asian monsoon region associated with the Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 171-179

  Pillai, Prasanth A ^a   Mohankumar, K ^a  

^a Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HADLEY CELL; MASS TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 39449090210     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0305-5     Document Type: Article

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