Atmospheric circulation processes contributing to a multidecadal variation in reconstructed and modeled Indian monsoon precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 532-551

  Wu, Qianru ^a   Hu, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TIMESCALE;

INDIA;

EID: 84923200197     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022499     Document Type: Article

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