Decreasing trend in the strength of Tropical Easterly Jet during the Asian summer monsoon season and the number of tropical cyclonic systems over Bay of Bengal

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Rao, B R Srinivasa ^a   Rao, D V Bhaskar ^a   Rao, V Brahmananda ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA ACQUISITION; RADIOSONDES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

TROPICAL CYCLONIC SYSTEMS (TCS); TROPICAL EASTERLY JET (TEJ);

STORMS;

MONSOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; ZONAL WIND;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 4644333085     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019817     Document Type: Article

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