Multi-scale climate variability of the South China Sea monsoon: A review

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 15-37

  Wang, Bin ^a   Huang, Fei ^b   Wu, Zhiwei ^c   Yang, Jing ^d   Fu, Xiouhua ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a  

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

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Monsoon; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

850-HPA; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; CLIMATE VARIATIONS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; INTER-DECADAL; INTERDECADAL CHANGES; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; LEAD-TIME; MONSOON; MULTI-SCALE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOURCE REGIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; SUMMER MONSOONS; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TIME-SCALE; WIND SPEED; WINTER MONSOONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60849107274     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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