Comparison of climate features between the Southwest Summer Monsoon of the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea Summer Monsoon

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Li, Ting ^a   Ju, Jian Hua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Yunnan Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Monsoon circulation; Monsoon precipitation; Onset of monsoon; South China Sea Summer Monsoon (SCSSM); Southwest Summer Monsoon (SSM) of Bay of Bengal (BOB)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; TROPICS;

BAY OF BENGAL; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; ONSET OF MONSOON; SOUTH CHINA SEA SUMMER MONSOON;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND STRESS;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84878825845     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130103     Document Type: Article

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