On factors responsible for recent secular trend in the onset phase of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2240-2246

  Goswami, B N ^a   Kulkarni, J R ^a   Mujumdar, V R ^a   Chattopadhyay, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal oscillation; Monsoon onset phase; Regional large scale mechanism; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATIC FEATURES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON ONSET; REGIONAL-LARGE SCALE MECHANISM; SECULAR TREND; TRENDS; UNIQUE FEATURES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WALKER CIRCULATION; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; WALKER CIRCULATION; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 78149363512     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2041     Document Type: Article

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