Impact of Heating Anomalies Associated with Rainfall Variations over the Indo-Western Pacific on Asian Atmospheric Circulation in Winter

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 2023-2033

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Liu, Qinyu ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Zheng, Xiao Tong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal change; East Asia; Rainfall; Teleconnection; Tropical Indo Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; HEATING; RAINFALL; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84875692686     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1478-x     Document Type: Article

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