An analysis of the large-scale climate anomalies associated with the snowstorms affecting China in January 2008

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1111-1131

  Wen, Min ^a   Yang, Song ^b   Kumar, Arun ^b   Zhang, Peiqun ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; CLIMATE ANOMALIES; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; ICING CONDITIONS; IMPACTING FACTOR; JET STREAMS; LONG LASTING; MIDDLE EAST; PRECURSORY SIGNALS; RIDGE LINES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LANTHANUM; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WATER VAPOR;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE VARIATION; JET STREAM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOWSTORM; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 68249141494     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2638.1     Document Type: Article

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