ENSO and the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Zhou, Wen ^a,b   Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO cycle; Ocean heat content; South China Sea monsoon onset

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; WIND;

EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON ONSET DATA; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33847040444     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1380     Document Type: Article

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