Mechanisms for the advanced Asian summer monsoon onset since the mid-to-late 1990s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1993-2009

  Xiang, Baoqiang ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BAY OF BENGAL; MONSOON ONSET; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PLANNING MANAGEMENT; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STATES CHANGE; WATERS MANAGEMENTS; WESTERLY WINDS;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASYMMETRY; CLIMATE MODELING; LA NINA; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY; WIND;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84875824645     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00445.1     Document Type: Article

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