Intraseasonal oscillations and the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1585-1609

  Zhou, Wen ^a,b   Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal oscillations; Monsoon onset; South China Sea summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON ONSET; SOUTH CHINA SEA SUMMER MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

EID: 27144526459     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1209     Document Type: Article

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