On the low-frequency component of the ENSO-Indian monsoon relationship: A paired proxy perspective

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 733-744

  Berkelhammer, M ^a,b   Sinha, A ^c   Mudelsee, M ^d,e   Cheng, H ^f   Yoshimura, K ^g   Biswas, J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Climate Risk Analysis   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Institute for Global Environmental Change   (China)

^g Atmospheric and Oceanic Research Institute   (Japan)

^h National Cave Research and Protection Organization   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM; TELECONNECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84923372916     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-733-2014     Document Type: Article

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