Associations between China monsoon rainfall and tropospheric jets

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2597-2623

  Liang, Xin Zhong ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

General circulation model; Interannual variability; Tropical extratropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; MONSOON; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 0032452033     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55203     Document Type: Article

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