Seasonal variation of the meridional wind in the temperate jet stream and its relationship to the Asian monsoon

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-454

  Zhang, Yaocun ^a   Wang, Dongqian ^a   Ren, Xuejuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Seasonal evolution; Subtropical jet; Temperate jet stream

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; JET STREAM; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND;

EID: 61349125421     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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