Subseasonal variation in ENSO-related east asian rainfall anomalies during summer and its role in weakening the relationship between the ENSO and summer rainfall in eastern china since the late 1970s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2271-2284

  Ye, Hong ^a   Lu, Riyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Asia; ENSO; Rainfall; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; ANTICYCLONIC ANOMALIES; ASIA; BASIC FLOW; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; EASTERN CHINA; ENSO; EXTRATROPICAL; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; RAINFALL ANOMALY; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTH CHINA; SUMMER RAINFALL; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; TROPICAL FORCING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN; JAPAN; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 79958113680     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3747.1     Document Type: Article

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