The Onset of the Monsoon over the Bay of Bengal: The Observed Common Features for 2008–2011

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 314-318

  Wei Dong, Yu ^a   Jian Wei, Shi ^a   Lin, Liu ^a   Kui Ping, Li ^a   Yan Liang, Liu ^a   Hui Wu, Wang ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; intra seasonal oscillation; monsoon onset; SST

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84875849935     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447009     Document Type: Article

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