An index for the interface between the Indian summer monsoon and the East Asian summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Cao, Jie ^a   Hu, Jinming ^a   Tao, Yun ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Asian International Rivers Center Yunnan University ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MAJOR FACTORS; NEAR-SURFACE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; SUMMER MONSOON; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOODING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; NOAA SATELLITE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; DATA SET; SUMMER;

FAR EAST; INDIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84867006606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017841     Document Type: Article

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