Interdecadal change in the relationship of southern China summer rainfall with tropical Indo-Pacific SST

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 119-133

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Yang, Song ^b   Wen, Zhiping ^c   Huang, Gang ^d   Hu, Kaiming ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84859105369     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0519-4     Document Type: Article

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