Effect of precession on the Asian summer monsoon evolution: A systematic review

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3720-3730

  Liu, XiaoDong ^a   Shi, ZhengGuo ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Geological record; Numerical simulation; Precession

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449336439     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0540-5     Document Type: Review

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