A comparison study of summer-time synoptic-scale waves in South China and the Yangtze River basin using the TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis daily product

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Fu, Rong ^a,b   Hu, Liang ^a   Gu, GuoJun ^c   Li, YaoDong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional spectrum analysis; South China; Synoptic scale waves; TRMM; Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RIVER BASIN; SYNOPTIC-SCALE WAVES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 37049022809     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0125-6     Document Type: Article

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