Seasonal variation of the East Asian Subtropical Westerly Jet and its association with the heating field over East Asia

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-840

  Kuang, Xueyuan ^a   Zhang, Yaocun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian subtropical westerly jet; Heating fields over East Asia; Meridional difference of temperature; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844450402     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02918683     Document Type: Article

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