The intraseasonal oscillation of the Indian summer monsoon : air-sea interactions and the potential for predictability

Summer monsoon rainfall accounts for at least 80% of the annual-total precipitation in many Indian states. Intraseasonal variations (ISV) in rainfall produce floods and droughts that can devastate agriculture. ISVs are dominated by a 30-50 day northward-propagating oscillation (NPISO) between the ea...

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Main Author: Klingaman, Nicholas Pappas
Published: University of Reading 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501512