On the relationship between Eurasian snow cover and the Asian summer monsoon

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 605-616

  Sankar Rao, M ^a   Lau, K M ^b   Yano, Sono ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Atmospheric circulation; Eurasian snow cover; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; SNOW COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 0030440329     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199606)16:6<605::aid-joc41>3.3.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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