Possible Impact of the Summer North Atlantic Oscillation on Extreme Hot Events in China

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-234

  Jian Qi, Sun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

extreme hot events; solar radiation; summer North Atlantic Oscillation; total cloud cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER;

CHINA;

EID: 84905717000     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11446996     Document Type: Article

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