The summer circulation over the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East: Influence of the South Asian monsoon

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1103-1123

  Tyrlis, Evangelos ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^a,b,c   Steil, Benedikt ^b  

^a THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Etesians; Mediterranean; Middle East; Monsoon; Rossby waves; Subsidence; Summer circulation

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VENTILATION; WESTERLY;

AEGEAN SEA; ARABIAN SEA; CASPIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84874359666     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1528-4     Document Type: Article

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