Circulation changes associated with the interdecadal shift of Korean August rainfall around late 1960s

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ha, Kyung Ja ^a   Yun, Kyung Sook ^a   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^b   Li, Jianping ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; EAST ASIAN JET STREAMS; ENERGY PROPAGATION; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERDECADAL; INTERDECADAL CHANGES; JET STREAMS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; RAINY SEASONS; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; UPSTREAM REGION; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; JET STREAM; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TELECONNECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 66149161904     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011287     Document Type: Article

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