Interannual precipitation variations in the mid-latitude Asia and their association with large-scale atmospheric circulation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 3962-3968

  Huang, Wei ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Feng, Song ^a,b   Chen, JianHui ^a   Zhang, XiaoJian ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

interannual precipitation variations; mid latitude Asia; regional westerly indexes; Troposphere Biennial Oscillation (TBO); westerlies dominated climate regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887468854     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5970-4     Document Type: Article

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