Breaks in the Asian monsoon: The influence of Southern Hemisphere weather systems

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2597-2611

  Rodwell, Mark J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; WEATHER SYSTEM;

EID: 0031395119     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2597:BITAMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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