Interdecadal change in the Asia-Africa summer monsoon and its associated changes in global atmospheric circulation

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Quan, X W ^a   Diaz, H F ^a   Fu, C B ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia Africa; Interdecadal change; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; MONSOON; PLANETARY WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0037670108     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8181(02)00200-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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