Diurnal variations of precipitation over the South China Sea

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-46

  Li, Weibiao ^a   Luo, Cong ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^b   Lei, Ting ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; EL NINO; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 78049314625     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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