The extreme drought event during winter-spring of 2011 in east China: Combined influences of teleconnection in midhigh latitudes and thermal forcing in maritime continent region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 8210-8222

  Jin, Dachao ^a   Guan, Zhaoyong ^a   Tang, Weiya ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; HADLEY CIRCULATION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MARITIME CONTINENT; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TROPOSPHERE;

DROUGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HADLEY CELL; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SPRING (SEASON); TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WAVE PROPAGATION; WINTER;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84885361274     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00652.1     Document Type: Article

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