Interannual variations in seasonal march of rainfall in the Philippines

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1301-1314

  Akasaka, Ikumi ^a  

^a The Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interannual variation; Onset and withdrawal of rainy season; Seasonal march; The philippines

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EAST COAST; EASTERLY WAVE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PHILIPPINES; RAINY SEASONS; SPATIAL ANOMALIES; TRANSITION PATTERNS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 77954839086     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1975     Document Type: Article

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