Dynamics of distinct intraseasonal oscillation in summer monsoon rainfall over the Meghalaya–Bangladesh–western Myanmar region: covariability between the tropics and mid-latitudes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2147-2166

  Fujinami, Hatsuki ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a,c   Morimoto, Akihito ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal oscillation; Orographic effects; Rainfall; South Asian monsoon; Tropical midlatitude interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892723531     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2040-1     Document Type: Article

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