The long-lived monsoon depressions of 2006 and their linkage with the Indian Ocean Dipole

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1334-1352

  Krishnan, R ^a   Ayantika, D C ^a   Kumar, Vinay ^a   Pokhrel, Samir ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean Dipole; Life period; Monsoon depressions

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; BAY OF BENGAL; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; EXTREME RAINFALL; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INTERNAL FEEDBACK; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LIFE PERIOD; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON DEPRESSIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; RAIN REGION; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SUMMER MONSOON; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN;

HEATING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 79959469875     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2156     Document Type: Article

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