Sea surface temperature in the South China Sea - An index for the Asian monsoon and ENSO system -

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1091-1107

  Ose, Tomoaki ^a   Song, Yukuan ^b   Kitoh, Akio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

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EID: 0041047501     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.6_1091     Document Type: Article

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