Relationship between the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation and the spring rainfall in the western North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 5949-5953

  Seo, Jihoon ^a,b   Choi, Wookap ^a   Youn, Daeok ^c   Park, Doo Sun R ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Asian jet; quasi biennial oscillation; spring rainfall; WNP subtropical high

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; HADLEY CIRCULATION; JAPANESE ISLANDS; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WNP SUBTROPICAL HIGH;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

RAIN;

DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; JET STREAM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; STRATOSPHERE;

CHINA; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84887954079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058266     Document Type: Article

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