Large-scale circulation anomalies associated with persistent low temperature over Southern China in January 2008

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-280

  Bueh, Cholaw ^a   Shi, Ning ^b   Xie, Zuowei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

African Asian jet stream; Rossby wave; Transient eddy feedback forcing

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; JET STREAM; LOW TEMPERATURE; ROSSBY WAVE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 79960516292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.333     Document Type: Article

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