A Severe drought event in northern China in winter 2008-2009 and the possible influences of La Niña and Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Gao, Hui ^a   Yang, Song ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIAN CONTINENT; BAY OF BENGAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EASTERN CHINA; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTHERN CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIBET PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC JET STREAM; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION; DROUGHT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAM; LA NINA; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77954178118     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012430     Document Type: Article

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