Moist dynamical linkage between the equatorial Indian Ocean and the South Asian monsoon trough

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-610

  Annamalai, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS WINDS; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; ASIAN MONSOON; BAROCLINIC MODELS; COUPLED MODELS; DRY CONDITION; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EQUATORIAL WAVES; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOIST PROCESS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOISTURE ADVECTION; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MULTI-CENTURY INTEGRATIONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL COHERENCY; SST ANOMALIES; SURFACE FLUX; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TIME-SCALES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ENERGY BUDGET; EQUATORIAL WAVE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; OVERTURN; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 77953328921     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2991.1     Document Type: Article

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