Interannual variability of atmospheric water balance over South Peninsular India and Sri Lanka during northeast monsoon season

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1997-2009

  Prasanna, Venkatraman ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric water balance; Indian Ocean dipole; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER BALANCE; EL NINO; GLOBAL PRECIPITATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INDIAN OCEANS; INTER ANNUALS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LA NINA; MOISTURE CONVERGENCES; NCEP/NCAR; NORTHEAST MONSOONS; PRECIPITATION DATUM; RE-ANALYSIS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SRI LANKA; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LA NINA; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 61749099790     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1683     Document Type: Article

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