Modulation of the Arctic Oscillation and the East Asian winter climate relationships by the 11-year solar cycle

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-226

  Chen, Wen ^a   Zhou, Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

AO; East Asian trough; East Asian winter climate; solar activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863163351     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-011-1095-3     Document Type: Article

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