Definition of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1281-1289

  Tian, Ying ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric circulation; index; South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957839904     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-010-9950-0     Document Type: Article

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