Summer monsoon circulation and precipitation over the tropical Indian Ocean during ENSO in the NCEP climate forecast system

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1925-1947

  Chowdary, J S ^a   Chaudhari, H S ^a   Gnanaseelan, C ^a   Parekh, Anant ^a   Suryachandra Rao, A ^a   Sreenivas, P ^a   Pokhrel, S ^a   Singh, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ENSO; Indian summer monsoon; Rainfall simulation; South Asia; Tropical Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EKMAN PUMPING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84897578238     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1826-5     Document Type: Article

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