A mechanism of the onset of the South Asian summer monsoon

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 563-580

  Minoura, Daisuke ^a   Kawamura, Ryuichi ^a   Matsuura, Tomonori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA;

EID: 0242667839     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.563     Document Type: Article

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