Comparisons of the west Pacific subtropical high and the South Asia high between NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF reanalysis datasets

Journal of Tropical Meteorology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-124

  Chen, Wen ^a   Zhi, Xie Fei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Comparisons; Reanalysis datasets; South Asia High; West Pacific subtropical high

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051716557     PISSN: 10068775     EISSN: 10044965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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