South Asian summer monsoon and the eastern Mediterranean climate: The monsoon-desert mechanism in CMIP5 simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6877-6903

  Cherchi, Annalisa ^a   Annamalai, H ^b   Masina, Simona ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DESERT; DIABATIC PROCESS; ENERGY BUDGET; HEATING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84907056132     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00530.1     Document Type: Article

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