Interannual variations of early summer monsoon rainfall over South China under different PDO backgrounds

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 847-862

  Mao, Jiangyu ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^b   Wu, Guoxiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Early summer monsoon rainfall; Interannual variation; Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO); Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; TELECONNECTIONS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA; URALS;

EID: 79954588958     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2129     Document Type: Article

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