Seasonal characteristic and interannual variability of the atmospheric hydrological cycle in the Yangtze River basin during the summer monsoon period

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1670-1681

  Hao, Rui Xia ^a   Wu, Guo Xiong ^b   Zhang, Hong ^c  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Anomalous circulation; Interannual variability; Summer monsoon; Water vapor cycle; Yangtze river basin

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; CONVERGENCE; CYCLONE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE; MONSOON; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 62749205828     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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