The role of the Western Arabian Sea upwelling in Indian monsoon rainfall variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5603-5623

  Izumo, Takeshi ^a,b   Montegut, Clément de Boyer ^a   Luo, Jing Jia ^a   Behera, Swadhin K ^a   Masson, Sébastien ^b   Yamagata, Toshio ^a,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ARABIAN SEAS; INDIAN MONSOON RAINFALLS; INDIAN OCEANS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALLS; INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; MONSOON RAINFALLS; O CONDITIONS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN WARMS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; REGIONAL SCALES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS; SOMALIA; SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS; SUMMER MONSOONS; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEANS; UNDERLYING MECHANISMS; UP-WELLING; VARIATIONS OF; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORTS; WEST COASTS;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WARM POOL; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56349113340     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2158.1     Document Type: Article

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