Precursory signals associated with the interannual variability of the asian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 949-964

  Yang, Song ^a,c   Lau, K M ^a,d   Sankar Rao, M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIP; GCM; GLA; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA;

EID: 0030430797     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0949:PSAWTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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