Analysis on the decadal scale variation of the dust storm in North China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2260-2266

  Kang, Dujuan ^a,b   Wang, Huijun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AO; Climate anomaly; Decadal scale variability; Dust storm; East Asian monsoon

Indexed keywords

DUST; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STORMS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DUST STORM; MONSOONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DUST STORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845687327     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0255     Document Type: Article

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