On the relative roles of El Nino and Indian Ocean Dipole events on the Monsoon Onset over Kerala

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 359-374

  Sankar, Syam ^a   Kumar, M R Ramesh ^a   Reason, Chris ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EL NINO; HADLEY CELL; LA NINA; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA;

EID: 79951811086     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0306-7     Document Type: Article

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