Leading role of internal dynamics in the 2009 Indian summer monsoon drought

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Neena, J M ^a   Suhas, E ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS;

DRY-AIR INTRUSIONS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EASTERN PACIFIC; EXTERNAL FORCING; EXTRATROPICAL; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON SEASON; NONLINEAR KINETICS; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL PREDICTION; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY FLUX; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER;

INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 79960240851     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015328     Document Type: Article

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