Recent trends and tele-connections among South and East Asian summer monsoons in a warming environment

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2017, Pages 2489-2505

  Preethi, B ^a,b   Mujumdar, M ^a   Kripalani, R H ^a,c   Prabhu, Amita ^a   Krishnan, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c International CLIVAR Monsoon Project Office   (India)

Author keywords

East Asia; Monsoon rainfall; South Asia; West Indian Ocean; West Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84973618694     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3218-0     Document Type: Article

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