Variability in the East Asian Monsoon: A review

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-215

  Ha, Kyung Ja ^a   Heo, Ki Young ^b   Lee, Sun Seon ^a   Yun, Kyung Sook ^a   Jhun, Jong Ghap ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Asian summer monsoon; East Asian winter monsoon; Heavy rainfall; Multiscale variability; NPISO ENSO relationship

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MECHANICAL WAVES; RAIN; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; HEAVY RAINFALL; MULTISCALE VARIABILITY; NPISO-ENSO RELATIONSHIP;

TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; JET STREAM; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84861803505     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1320     Document Type: Article

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