Southern Hemispheric Features and their Teleconnection with Indian Summer Monsoon

• Main Authors: Nithin, Viswambharan, Dr.Mohan Kumar, K
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Cochin University of Science and Technology 2012
• Subjects: Southern Hemisphere; Tropical Circulation; Southern Extratropical Variability; Teleconnection; Indian Summer Monsoon; Indian; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/purl/3086

This thesis entitled southern hemispheric features and their Teleconnection with indian summer monsoon.Southern hemisphere is entirely distinct from the northern hemisphere in many aspects, which is well reflected in atmospheric and oceanic properties.The thesis consists of eight chapters, in which the first chapter contains an overview of southern hemisphere. In this chapter, variability in southern hemisphere is described along with Indian summer monsoon and its teleconnection. The different types of data sets used and various methodologies adopted in the present thesis were described in Chapter 2. The period of climate shift and the magnitude of anomalies after the climate shift, which extended from troposphere to stratopause level, were investigated in detail and presented in chapter 3. Chapter 4 depicts the recent trend and variability in southern stratosphere. The higher order variability during various months and the frequency of extremity is included in this chapter.Climatology of divergence and convergence after the documented shift is reported in chapter 5.Southern extratropical connection to Indian summer monsoon through the modulation of SAM is presented in Chapter 6.Chapter 7 deals with the modulation of SAM‐Monsoon link through North Atlantic Oscillation. Cochin University of Science and Technology Department of Atmospheric Sciences Cochin University of Science and Technology