A climatological monsoon break in rainfall over Indochina - A singularity in the seasonal march of the Asian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1545-1556

  Takahashi, Hiroshi G ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; MERGED ANALYSIS OF PRECIPITATION; MONSOON CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; MONSOON; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33646771749     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3724.1     Document Type: Article

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