Influence of heat content anomaly in the tropical western Pacific warm pool region on onset of South China Sea summer monsoon

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL, 2003, Pages 213-225

  Chen, Yongli ^a   Hu, Dunxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anomaly of heat content in warm pool area; Monsoon circulation and Walker circulation; Onset of South China Sea summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; UPPER OCEAN; WALKER CIRCULATION; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0037979225     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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