Temporal and spatial evolution of the Asian summer monsoon in the seasonal cycle of synoptic fields

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3630-3644

  Lim, Young Kwon ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a   Lee, Hee Sang ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; WATER WAVES;

SUMMER MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ASIA;

EID: 0037116340     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3630:TASEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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