Mechanism of the asymmetric monsoon transition as simulated in an AGCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1829-1836

  Wang, Zhuo ^a   Chang, C P ^a,b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC MONSOON TRANSITION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); ATMOSPHERIC MASS REDISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ASYMMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 44449092502     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1920.1     Document Type: Article

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