Spring Arctic Oscillation-East Asian summer monsoon connection through circulation changes over the western North Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2199-2216

  Gong, Dao Yi ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Kim, Seong Joong ^b   Gao, Yongqi ^c,d   Guo, Dong ^a,c   Zhou, Tianjun ^c   Hu, Miao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Arctic Oscillation; East Asian summer monsoon; North Pacific

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 81455142000     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1041-1     Document Type: Article

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