A summer weather index in the East Asian pressure field and associated atmospheric circulation and rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-386

  Zhao, Ping ^a,b,c   Zhu, Yani ^a,b   Zhang, Qin ^d,e  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Meteorological Information Centre   (China)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Rainy weather; Summer weather index; The Yangtze Huaihe River basin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; DAILY RAINFALL; EAST ASIA; EASTERN CHINA; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE FIELD; RAIN GAUGES; RAINY WEATHER; REANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS; SOUTHERN CHINA; SURFACE PRESSURES; THE YANGTZE-HUAIHE RIVER BASIN; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER INDEX; WESTERN PACIFIC;

RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84863266733     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2276     Document Type: Article

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