Influence of South China Sea SST and the ENSO on winter rainfall over South China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 832-844

  Zhou, Lian Tong ^a,b   Tam, Chi Yung ^b   Zhou, Wen ^b   Chan, Johnny C L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Convective instability; ENSO; Potential vorticity; Rainfall; South China Sea; SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953943934     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-9102-7     Document Type: Article

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