Simulations of the 100-hPa South Asian High and precipitation over East Asia with IPCC coupled GCMs

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-390

  Zhou, Ningfang ^a,b   Yu, Yongqiang ^b   Qian, Yongfu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled GCMs; East Asian summer rainfall; South Asian High

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646827133     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-006-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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