Impact of northward-propagating intraseasonal variability on the onset of Indian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-139

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Murtugudde, Raghu ^b  

^a Second Institute of Oceanography   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Indian Ocean; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MONSOONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84892452172     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00214.1     Document Type: Article

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