Intraseasonal and interannual zonal circulations over the Equatorial Indian Ocean

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 175-191

  Pohl, Benjamin ^a,b   Camberlin, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDONESIA;

EID: 79955073808     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0336-1     Document Type: Article

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