Variability and teleconnectivity of northeast monsoon rainfall over India

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-231

  Nayagam, Lorna R ^a   Janardanan, Rajesh ^a   Ram Mohan, H S ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

ENSO; northeast monsoon rainfall; teleconnectivity; variability

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449626823     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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