Role of the northeast winter monsoon on the biennial oscillation of the ENSO/monsoon system

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-413

  Tomita, Tomohiko ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 0006513445     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.4_399     Document Type: Article

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