Linkage between Mei-yu precipitation and North Atlantic SST on the decadal timescale

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Gu, Wei ^a,b   Li, Chongyin ^a,c   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhou, Wen ^d   Li, Weijing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decadal; Mei yu; North Atlantic SSTA

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649312047     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-0101-5     Document Type: Article

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