An intensity index for the East Asian winter monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2361-2374

  Wang, Lin ^a   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate variability; Indices; Monsoons; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INDICES; MONSOONS; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; WINTER;

EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84893667080     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00086.1     Document Type: Article

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