Asymmetry of the tripole rainfall pattern during the East Asian summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4443-4458

  Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^a   Lin, Shih Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN GAGES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EASTWARD-PROPAGATING WAVELIKE STRUCTURE; PACIFIC-JAPAN PATTERN; SILK ROAD PATTERN; TRIPOLE RAINFALL PATTERN;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL PATTERN; SUMMER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 34648843085     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4246.1     Document Type: Article

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