Weakening of the winter monsoon and abrupt increase of winter rainfalls over northern Taiwan and southern China in the early 1980s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2357-2367

  Hung, Chih Wen ^a   Kao, Pei Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; FRONTAL SYSTEM; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN TAIWAN; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN CHINA; WINTER MONSOON; WINTER RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; MOISTURE;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953700358     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3182.1     Document Type: Article

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