The El Nino-Southern Oscillation and winter precipitation extremes over India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1445-1452

  Revadekar, J V ^a   Kulkarni, Ashwini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Frequency; Intensity; Nino3.4 SST; Spell length

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

FREQUENCY; INTENSITY; NINO3.4 SST; SPELL LENGTH;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53149101336     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1639     Document Type: Article

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