Response of summer precipitation over Eastern China to large volcanic eruptions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 818-824

  Peng, Youbing ^a,b   Shen, Caiming ^c   Wang, Wei Chyung ^c   Xu, Ying ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; EASTERN CHINA; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; MODEL SIMULATION; MOISTURE VAPORS; PROXY DATA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUPERPOSED-EPOCH ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TROPICAL OCEAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 77952273116     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2950.1     Document Type: Article

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