On the phase relations between the western North Pacific, Indian, and Australian monsoons

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5572-5589

  Gu, Dejun ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Ji, Zhongping ^c   Zheng, Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Guangzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; El Nino; Indian Ocean; La Nina; Monsoons; North Pacific Ocean; Rainfall; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EL NINO; INDIAN OCEAN; LA NINA; MONSOONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; EL NINO; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WARMING; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78649256446     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI2761.1     Document Type: Article

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