Structures and mechanisms of the first-branch northward-propagating intraseasonal oscillation over the tropical Indian Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1707-1720

  Li, Kuiping ^a   Yu, Weidong ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Murty, V S N ^c   Khokiattiwong, Somkiat ^d   Adi, T R ^e   Budi, S ^e  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d Phuket Marine Biology Center   (Thailand)

^e Agency for Marine and Fishery Research and Development   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal oscillation; Monsoon onset; Northward propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84875731783     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1492-z     Document Type: Article

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