EURASIAN SNOW COVER, INDIAN MONSOON AND EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - A SYNTHESIS

Several recent studies have attempted to establish a connection between the Eurasion snow cover, the Indian monsoon and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon. In this study, available data of the last 24 years have been used to examine the interrelations among these three important large-scale atmospheric features. The study further explores the role of the Eurasian snow cover and the Indian monsoon in initiating an El Nino event in the eastern equatorial Pacific.