Dynamical linkage of tropical and subtropical weather systems to the intraseasonal oscillations of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Part I: Observations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-574

  Ma, S ^a   Rodo X ^a,b   Song, Y ^c   Cash, B A ^d  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; East Asian tropical summer monsoon; Indian summer monsoon rainfall; Intertropical convergence zone; Intraseasonal oscillation; Western Ghats; Western Pacific subtropical high

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84864388166     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1352-x     Document Type: Article

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