Impacts of anomalies of thermal state over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and sea surface temperature on interannual variability of the Asian monsoon seasonal transition

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1279-1287

  Mao, Jiang Yu ^a   Wu, Guo Xiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; Interannual variability; Seasonal transition; Thermal state over the Qinghai Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33845708846     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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