Cloud-radiative impacts on the tropical Indian Ocean associated with the evolution of 'monsoon breaks'

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-217

  Samala, Basanta Kumar ^a   Krishnan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cloud radiative forcing; Indian Ocean; Monsoon breaks

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD-RADIATIVE FORCING; MONSOON-BREAK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COOLING; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 39549084935     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1518     Document Type: Article

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