Anomalous behaviour of the Indian summer monsoon 2009

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 783-794

  Preethi, B ^a   Revadekar, J V ^a   Kripalani, R H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Circulation; Indian summer monsoon drought; SST

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EL NINO; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSIDENCE; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80054743233     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0112-3     Document Type: Article

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