A comparison of regional monsoon variability using monsoon indices

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1423-1437

  Yim, So Young ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Liu, Jian ^b   Wu, Zhiwei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Nanjing Normal University   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation index; ENSO monsoon relationship; Interdecadal change; Precipitation index; Regional monsoon; Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET STREAM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WESTERLY;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84906729138     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1956-9     Document Type: Article

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