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Influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall in Relation to Quasi-Binneal Oscillation

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The aim of the present study is to find out the possible linkage between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a major ocean–atmosphere coupled phenomena believed to be responsible for the variability of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR) and its relation with Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) using 60 years (1953–2012) period. Spring North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAOI) has been found to be inversely correlated with the ISMR, which has been highly enhanced during the east years when the NAOI data have been stratified according to the phases of QBO. The effect of NAOI on the ISMR is shown to be strengthening significant in the later years of the study as compared to that of the initial years of the study. This interesting result provides an input to use it as a predictor of the ISMR.

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The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune and NOAA for the availability of the necessary data. Authors wish to acknowledge the Physical Sciences Division of NOAA/ESRL (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/), NCEP–NCAR reanalysis and CMAP datasets by the NOAA Climate Center for providing EIN dataset. Two of the authors, AKS and BM, acknowledge with thanks the financial assistance in the form of a UGC Research Fellowship and Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, respectively, provided by the University Grants Commission, India.

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    R. Bhatla, A. K. Singh, B. Mandal, S. Ghosh & S. N. Pandey

  2. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, MoES, Noida, India

    Abhijit Sarkar

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Bhatla, R., Singh, A.K., Mandal, B. et al. Influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall in Relation to Quasi-Binneal Oscillation. Pure Appl. Geophys. 173, 2959–2970 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1306-z

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