Interannual-interdecadal variation in large-scale atmospheric circulation and extremely wet and dry summers in China/Japan during 1951-2000 part I: Spatial patterns

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 775-788

  Weng, Hengyi ^a,b   Sumi, Akimasa ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^a   Li, Chongyin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 3242764490     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.775     Document Type: Article

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