Spring asymmetric mode in the tropical Indian Ocean: Role of El Niño and IOD

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1467-1481

  Chakravorty, Soumi ^a   Chowdary, J S ^a   Gnanaseelan, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ENSO; IOD; Northwest Pacific anticyclone; Spring asymmetric mode; Tropical Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84874315322     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1340-1     Document Type: Article

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