Global monsoon: Dominant mode of annual variation in the tropics

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 165-183

  Wang, Bin ^a   Ding, Qinghua ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Domain; Global monsoon; Monsoon precipitation index; Precipitation metrics; Tropical general circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION; GLOBAL MONSOON; MONSOON PRECIPITATION INDEX; TROPICAL GENERAL CIRCULATION;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 41049117399     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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