Two types of a Asian continental blocking and their relation to the east Asian monsoon during the boreal winter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Hyun Soo ^a   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; SNOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL BLOCKING; DIPOLE-TYPE BLOCKING FREQUENCY; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548550360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027948     Document Type: Article

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