A Diagnostic Study of the Impact of El Niño on the Precipitation in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-241

  Zhang, Renhe ^a   Akimasa, Sumi ^b   Masahide, Kimoto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asian monsoon; El Ni o; Precipitation in China

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001864910     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02973084     Document Type: Article

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