Interannual and decadal modulations recently observed in the Pacific storm track activity and èast Asian winter monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1855-1874

  Nakamura, Hisashi ^a   Izumi, Takuya ^a   Sampe, Takeaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORRELATION METHODS; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MONSOON;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

(NORTH); ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037099066     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<1855:IADMRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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