Modulation of northern hemisphere wintertime stationary planetary wave activity: East Asian climate relationships by the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Wen ^a   Li, Tim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY; WINTER; ZONAL FLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 37349092260     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008611     Document Type: Article

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