Summer rainfall variability in low-latitude highlands of China and subtropical Indian Ocean dipole

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 880-892

  Cao, Jie ^a,b   Yao, Ping ^a,c   Wang, Lin ^d   Liu, Kui ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Key Laboratory for International Rivers and Transboundary Ecology Security   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT PREDICTIONS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; VERTICAL CIRCULATION; WATER VAPOR FLUX; WIND COMPONENTS;

RAIN; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANOMALY; EVAPORATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; UPLAND REGION; WATER VAPOR; WIND;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84892550293     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00121.1     Document Type: Article

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