A pronounced continental-scale diurnal mode of the Asian summer monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 462-473

  Krishnamurti, T N ^a   Kishtawal, C M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON;

EID: 0034029259     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0462:APCSDM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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