Interannual variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall onset date at local scale

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1050-1061

  Moron, Vincent ^a,b   Robertson, Andrew W ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal summer monsoon; India; Local scale onset; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

INDIA; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL-SCALE ONSET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUMMER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84900589178     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3745     Document Type: Article

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