Impacts of ENSO and IOD on tropical cyclone activity in the Bay of Bengal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1105-1125

  Mahala, Biranchi Kumar ^a   Nayak, Birendra Kumar ^b   Mohanty, Pratap Kumar ^c  

^a KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Indian Ocean Dipole; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84983518147     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1360-8     Document Type: Article

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