East Asian summer monsoon circulation structure controlled by feedback of condensational heating

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1885-1897

  Jin, Qiong ^a   Yang, Xiu Qun ^a   Sun, Xu Guang ^a   Fang, Jia Bei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Condensational heating; East Asian summer monsoon; Feedback; Structure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONDENSATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEATING; INHOMOGENEITY; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84884701305     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1620-9     Document Type: Article

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