Different types of La Niña events and different responses of the tropical atmosphere

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-415

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Yan, HongMing ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Yunnan Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

Central Pacific (CP) type; Eastern Pacific (EP) type; La Ni a; precipitation; tropical atmosphere; Walker circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872802711     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5423-5     Document Type: Article

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