How well do existing indices measure the strength of the East Asian winter monsoon?

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 855-870

  Wang, Lin ^a,b   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian winter monsoon index; Interannual variation; Interdecadal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953950164     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-9094-3     Document Type: Article

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