Combined interplay of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and the interdecadal Pacific oscillation on rainfall and its extremes over Indian subcontinent

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3339-3359

  Joshi, Manish K ^a   Rai, Archana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation; Atmospheric circulation; Decadal to multidecadal variability; Interdecadal Pacific oscillation; Precipitation; Precipitation extremes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939960744     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2333-z     Document Type: Article

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