Influence of Madden-Julian Oscillation on water budget transported by the Somali low-level jet and the associated Indian summer monsoon rainfall

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6474-6485

  Ordonez, Paulina ^a,b   Ribera, Pedro ^a   Gallego, David ^a   Pena Ortiz, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

FLEXPART; ISMR; MJO; moisture transport

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION PROCESS; BOREAL SUMMER INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; FLEXPART; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; ISMR; MJO; MOISTURE TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; RAIN;

MOISTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

ETHIOPIA; INDIA; SOMALI;

EID: 84885436899     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20515     Document Type: Article

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