Strong interannual variation of the Indian summer monsoon in the Late Miocene

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-153

  Tang, Hui ^a   Eronen, Jussi T ^a,b   Micheels, Arne ^b,c   Ahrens, Bodo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AOGCM; ENSO; Indian summer monsoon; Interannual variability; Late Miocene; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIOCENE; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER;

INDIA;

EID: 84879507402     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1655-y     Document Type: Article

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