A mechanism of the onset of the Australian summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2002, Pages ACL-5-1-ACL-5-15

  Kawamura, Ryuichi ^a   Fukuta, Yuichiro ^a   Ueda, Hiroaki ^b,d   Matsuura, Tomonori ^c   Iizuka, Satoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australian summer monsoon; Convective instability; Dry intrusion; Onset; Thermal low

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; FEEDBACK; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0242640444     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001070     Document Type: Article

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