The influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation activity anomalies on Yunnan's extreme drought of 2009-2010

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-112

  Lü, Jun Mei ^a   Ju, Jian Hua ^b   Ren, Ju Zhang ^c   Gan, Wei Wei ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b Yunnan Provincial Meteorological Service   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Meteorology   (China)

^d YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

extreme drought; MJO; persistent anomalies; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAY OF BENGAL; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; HIGH-PRESSURE RIDGES; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MJO; PERSISTENT ANOMALIES; PERSISTENT POSITIVE ANOMALIES; SOUTH ASIA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; YUNNAN; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

DROUGHT;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; AUTUMN; DROUGHT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SPRING (SEASON); WATER VAPOR;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); YUNNAN;

EID: 84855555320     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4348-1     Document Type: Article

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