Seasonality of the interaction between convection over the western Pacific and general circulation in the Northern Hemisphere

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 541-553

  Hu, Zengzhen ^a   Nitta, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection over the western Pacific; General circulation in the Northern hemisphere; Interaction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007632431     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-997-0072-3     Document Type: Article

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