Seasonal transition of summer rainy season over Indochina and adjacent monsoon region

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-245

  Matsumoto, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rainy season; Seasonal transition; Summer monsoon onset

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000205728     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-997-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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