Time-lagged effects of spring Tibetan Plateau soil moisture on the monsoon over China in early summer

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-67

  Chow, K C ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Shi, Xueli ^b   Liu, Yiming ^b   Ding, Yihui ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Soil moisture; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE HEATING;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 38649109137     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1511     Document Type: Article

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