The apparent water vapor sinks and heat sources associated with the intraseasonal oscillation of the Indian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4466-4479

  Wong, Sun ^a   Fetzer, Eric J ^a   Tian, Baijun ^a   Lambrigtsen, Bjorn ^a   Ye, Hengchun ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoons; Oscillations; Remote sensing; Summer warm season; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ASIA; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MONSOONS; OSCILLATIONS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; NASA; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HEAT SOURCE; MONSOON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR; WIND FIELD;

INDIA;

EID: 80052634363     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4076.1     Document Type: Article

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