Interannual variation of the late fall rainfall in central Vietnam

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 392-413

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Tsay, Jenq Dar ^a   Yen, Ming Cheng ^b   Matsumoto, Jun ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate variability; Hydrologic cycle; Monsoons; Rainfall; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; MONSOONS; WATER BUDGET;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER BUDGET; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); VIET NAM;

EID: 84863011756     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00068.1     Document Type: Article

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