Impact of prolonged La Niña events on the Indian Ocean with a special emphasis on southwest Tropical Indian Ocean SST

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-37

  Singh, P ^a   Chowdary, J S ^a   Gnanaseelan, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; El Ni o; La Ni a; Rossby Waves; Tropical Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; CLIMATIC SHIFTS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; HEAT TRANSPORT; INDIAN OCEAN; LOCAL SURFACES; MADAGASCAR; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE WIND ANOMALIES; TELECONNECTIONS; TIO; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WINTER TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; HEAT FLUX; LA NINA; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WIND; TELECONNECTION; UPWELLING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84868316159     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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