Seasonal cycle of the zonal land-sea thermal contrast and East Asian subtropical monsoon circulation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Qi, Li ^a,b   He, Jinhai ^a   Zhang, Zuqiang ^b   Song, Jinnuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian subtropical monsoon; Tibetan Plateau; Tropical monsoon; Zonal land sea thermal contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149087515     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0518-0     Document Type: Article

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