A dynamical index for the East Asian winter monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4255-4262

  Li, Yueqing ^a   Yang, Song ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORECASTS; COLD SURGE; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; INFLUENCING FACTOR; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MEAN-WINDS; MONSOON INDEX; NEW INDICES; OPERATIONAL PREDICTIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REGIONAL WEATHER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIBERIAN HIGHS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; LATITUDE; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

FAR EAST;

EID: 77958098230     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3375.1     Document Type: Article

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