Understanding the predictability of East Asian summer monsoon from the reproduction of land-sea thermal contrast change in AMIP-type simulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6009-6026

  Zhou, Tianjun ^a   Zou, Liwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Indices; Land surface; Monsoons; Sea surface temperature; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

ASIA; INDICES; LAND SURFACE; MONSOONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COOLING; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WIND SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 78650149100     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3546.1     Document Type: Article

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