Multi-decadal modulation of the El Nĩo-Indian monsoon relationship by Indian Ocean variability

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ummenhofer, Caroline C ^a   Sen Gupta, Alexander ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Taschetto, Andréa S ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate variability; decadal variability; drought; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Indian monsoon; Indian Ocean dipole

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053519155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034006     Document Type: Article

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