The winter rainfall of malaysia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 936-958

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Tsay, Jenq Dar ^a   Yen, Ming Cheng ^b   Matsumoto, Jun ^c,d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COLD SURGE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HEAVY RAINFALL; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINE SEAS; SEVERE WEATHER; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TROPICAL EASTERLIES; TWO PARTS; WINTER RAINFALL;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STORM SURGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

BORNEO; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84874790847     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00174.1     Document Type: Article

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