The dynamic plateau monsoon index and its association with general circulation anomalies

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1249-1263

  Xun, Xueyi ^a,b   Hu, Zeyong ^a   Ma, Yaoming ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Meteorological Observatory   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

center position; Dynamic Plateau Monsoon Index; general circulation; Qinghai Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867767504     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-1125-9     Document Type: Article

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