Summer high temperature extremes in Southeast China associated with the East Asian jet stream and circumglobal teleconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8306-8319

  Wang, Weiwen ^a,b   Zhou, Wen ^a   Wang, Xin ^b   Fong, Soi Kun ^c   Leong, Ka Cheng ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau ^*  (Macao)

Author keywords

circumglobal teleconnection; East Asia; high temperature extreme; jet stream

Indexed keywords

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CIRCUMGLOBAL TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN JET STREAMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JET STREAMS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; EUROPE;

EID: 84884166439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50633     Document Type: Article

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