Summer climate variability in China and its association with 500 hPa height and tropical convection

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-445

  Nitta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hu, Zeng Zhen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0039331642     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.4_425     Document Type: Article

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