The summertime "heat" low over Pakistan/northwestern India: Evolution and origin

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 957-970

  Bollasina, Massimo ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert heating; Heat low; Orographic forcing; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DESERT; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BAY OF BENGAL; CASPIAN SEA; HINDU KUSH; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 80052259003     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0879-y     Document Type: Article

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