Mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of the 1998 South China sea summer monsoon

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1103-1113

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Ai, Wanxiu ^a,b   Xu, Jianjun ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c Dept of Earth/Environmental Sci ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; SEASONALITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0036822633     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.80.1103     Document Type: Article

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