Intraseasonal oscillations of the monsoon circulation over South Asia

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 2335-2353

  Krishnamurthy, V ^a,b   Achuthavarier, Deepthi ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal oscillation; Monsoon circulation; South Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; WALKER CIRCULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84861797807     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1153-7     Document Type: Article

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