The Asian monsoon and predictability of the tropical ocean-atmosphere system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 532, 1996, Pages 945-957

  Lau, K M ^a   Yang, Song ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Interannual variations; Predictability; Seasonal prediction; Tropical ocean atmosphere system

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; MONSOONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; SEASONAL PREDICTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 0029752555     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53207     Document Type: Article

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