Seasonal transition features of large-scale moisture transport in the Asian-Australian monsoon region

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  He, Jinhai ^a   Sun, Chenghu ^a,b   Liu, Yunyun ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^c   Li, Weijing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian Australian monsoon; Moisture transport; Seasonal transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846815467     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-0001-5     Document Type: Article

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