Paradox in South Asian summer monsoon circulation change: Lower tropospheric strengthening and upper tropospheric weakening

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2934-2940

  Ma, Jian ^a   Yu, Jin Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

circulation change; land sea thermal contrast; MASC; paradox dependent on height; precipitation change; South Asian summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; RAIN;

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CIRCULATION CHANGES; LAND-SEA THERMAL CONTRASTS; MASC; PARADOX DEPENDENT ON HEIGHT; PRECIPITATION CHANGE;

TROPOSPHERE;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84899036495     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059891     Document Type: Article

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