Delayed influence of the Indian Ocean dipole mode on the East Asia-West Pacific monsoon: Possible mechanism

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-209

  Kripalani, R H ^a   Oh, J H ^a   Chaudhari, H S ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

East asia west pacific; Eurasia; Indian ocean

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; DELAYED RESPONSE; DIPOLE MODE; DRY AIR; EAST ASIA; EL NINO; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; LA NINA; LOW LEVEL JET; NORTH PACIFIC; PARTIAL CORRELATION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SNOW DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH CHINA; SPRING SEASON; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SNOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 75349110045     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1890     Document Type: Article

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