Dependence of Indian monsoon rainfall on moisture fluxes across the Arabian Sea and the impact of coupled model sea surface temperature biases

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 2167-2190

  Levine, Richard C ^a   Turner, Andrew G ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Climate model; Indian monsoon; Model systematic error; Moisture fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84861811346     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1096-z     Document Type: Article

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