Dynamics of east-west asymmetry of Indian summer monsoon rainfall trends in recent decades

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Konwar, Mahen ^a   Parekh, Anant ^a   Goswami, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE DETERMINATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOSCALE; REGIONAL TRENDS; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL MEAN RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MOISTURE TRANSPORTS;

RAIN;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASYMMETRY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

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

EID: 84861668217     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052018     Document Type: Article

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