Overview of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-360

  Ding, Yihui ^a   Li, Chongyin ^b   Liu, Yanju ^a,b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Field experiment; Low frequency oscillation (LFO); Meso scale convective systems (MSCs); Numerical simulation; South China Sea monsoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042636926     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915563     Document Type: Article

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