Inter-decadal variation of the summer precipitation in China and its association with decreasing Asian summer monsoon Part II: Possible causes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1926-1944

  Ding, Yihui ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Wang, Zunya ^a   Zhu, Yuxiang ^a   Song, Yafang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Heat sources over the tibetan plateau; SST in tropical pacific; Summer precipitation; Winter and spring snow

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; HEAT SOURCES; SPRING SNOW; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; HEATING; MOISTURE; RAIN; RIVERS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT SOURCE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; WINTER;

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

EID: 70350693204     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1759     Document Type: Article

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