Relationship between the boreal spring Hadley circulation and the summer precipitation in the Yangtze River valley

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Zhou, Botao ^a,b   Wang, Huijun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOREAL; HADLEY CELL; JET STREAM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33847152669     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007006     Document Type: Article

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