Abrupt onset and slow seasonal evolution of summer monsoon in an idealized GCM simulation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 949-968

  Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Saiki, Naomi ^a  

^a Fukuoka Pref Dept of Civ Eng   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033177052     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.4_949     Document Type: Article

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