Spring heavy rain events in Taiwan during warm episodes and the associated large-scale conditions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1173-1188

  Chen, George Tai Jen ^a   Jiang, Zhihong ^a   Wu, Ming Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0043166281     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1173:SHREIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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