Unusual circulation pattern during Indian summer monsoon failure in July 2002 and June 2009

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 295-302

  Samanta, Dhrubajyoti ^a   Dash, Mihir Kumar ^a   Pandey, Prem Chand ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

Convection; Hadley circulation; Indian monsoon drought; Rossby wave

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DROUGHT; HADLEY CELL; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER;

EID: 84870802834     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0357-4     Document Type: Article

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