The relative roles of upper and lower tropospheric thermal contrasts and tropical influences in driving Asian summer monsoons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7024-7045

  Dai, Aiguo ^a,b   Li, Hongmei ^c   Sun, Ying ^d   Hong, Li Ciao ^e   Ho, Lin ^e   Chou, Chia ^e,f   Zhou, Tianjun ^g  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; land sea contrast; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LAND-OCEAN THERMAL GRADIENTS; LAND-SEA CONTRAST; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA;

EID: 84880862485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50565     Document Type: Article

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