Trends in the boreal summer regional Hadley and Walker circulations as expressed in precipitation records from Asia and Africa during the latter half of the 20th century

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-578

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a   Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Regional Hadley and Walker circulations; Summer precipitation trend

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOREAL SUMMER; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SUMMER PRECIPITATION TREND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HADLEY CELL; OVERTURN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 42949146995     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1580     Document Type: Article

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