Weakening relationship between East Asian winter monsoon and ENSO after mid-1970s

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 3535-3540

  Wang, HuiJun ^a,b   He, ShengPing ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian winter monsoon; ENSO; interannual variability; interdecadal variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866063057     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5285-x     Document Type: Article

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