Shamals and climate variability in the Northern Arabian/Persian Gulf from 1973 to 2012

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4509-4528

  Al Senafi, Fahad ^a   Anis, Ayal ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Climate variability; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Indian Ocean Dipole; Kuwait; North Atlantic Oscillation; Persian Gulf; Shamal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; VISIBILITY; WIND;

ARABIAN GULF; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; KUWAIT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PERSIAN GULF; SHAMAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84958729476     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4302     Document Type: Article

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