The onset and interannual variability of the asian summer monsoon in relation to land-sea thermal contrast

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 358-375

  Li, Chengfeng ^a   Yanai, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND-SEA CONTRAST; LAND/SEA THERMAL CONTRAST; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MONSOON; MONSOON INTENSITY INDEX; MONSOONS; ONSET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; ZONAL WIND SHEAR;

ASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TIBET;

EID: 0029730860     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0358:TOAIVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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