Influence of Eurasian snow on Indian summer monsoon in NCEP CFSv2 freerun

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1801-1815

  Saha, Subodh K ^a   Pokhrel, Samir ^a   Chaudhari, Hemantkumar S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Eurasian snow; Indian summer monsoon; NCEP CFS

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; SEA ICE; SNOW; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84884699524     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1617-4     Document Type: Article

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