Zonal oscillation of Western Pacific subtropical high and subseasonal SST variations during Yangtze persistent heavy rainfall events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8929-8946

  Ren, Xuejuan ^a   Yang, Xiu Qun ^a   Sun, Xuguang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoons

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC ANOMALIES; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; MONSOONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; RAIN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GEOPOTENTIAL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 84888032307     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00861.1     Document Type: Article

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