Identification of periodicity in the relationship between PDO, El Niño and peak monsoon rainfall in India using S-transform analysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1507-1517

  Sen Roy, Shouraseni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Monsoon; Precipitation; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

INDIA; MONSOON; MONSOON RAINFALL; NON-STATIONARITIES; NORTHEAST REGIONS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAINFALL PATTERNS; S TRANSFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; EL NINO; MONSOON; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM;

INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960725366     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2172     Document Type: Article

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