Extension of potential predictability of Indian summer monsoon dry and wet spells in recent decades

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 648, 2010, Pages 583-592

  Neena, J M ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian summer monsoon; Intraseasonal oscillations; Potential predictability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; DAILY RAINFALL; DRY AND WET; EMPIRICAL METHOD; ENERGY EXCHANGES; EXTERNAL FORCING; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY CHANGES; POTENTIAL INSTABILITY; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953036443     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.595     Document Type: Article

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