Roles of tropical and subtropical land-sea distribution and the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in the formation of the Asian summer monsoon

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 983-992

  Liang, Xiao Yun ^a,b   Liu, Yi Min ^a   Wu, Guo Xiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Bay of Bengal summer monsoon; Indian summer monsoon; Land sea distribution; Numerical simulation; Qinghai Xizang Plateau; South China Sea summer monsoon; Tropic and subtropic

Indexed keywords

LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33749418344     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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