The East Asian winter monsoon: Re-amplification in the mid-2000s

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-436

  Wang, Lin ^a   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blocking; East Asian winter monsoon; Global warming; Sea ice; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893692663     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-0029-0     Document Type: Article

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