Interannual variations in Asian summer rainfall and their associations with tropical convective activities and global SST anomalies

Geographical Review of Japan, Series B

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-99

  Morishima, Wataru ^a   Mikami, Takehiko ^b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Convective activity; ENSO; Rainfall; SST

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 0032318188     PISSN: 02896001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj1984b.71.85     Document Type: Article

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