Influence of the sea surface temperature in the Indian Ocean on the in-phase transition between the South Asian and North Australian summer monsoons

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-329

  Zhang, Yongsheng ^a   Li, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian monsoon; ENSO; Indian Ocean; IODZM; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; PHASE TRANSITION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 48249125028     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.3.321(A)     Document Type: Article

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