Observed relationship of spring and summer East Asian rainfall with winter and spring Eurasian snow

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1285-1304

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; SNOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SNOW COVER; SNOW DEPTH; SPRING RAINFALL; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

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

EID: 34247520020     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4068.1     Document Type: Article

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