Cross-season relation of the South China Sea precipitation variability between winter and summer

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 193-207

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Huang, Gang ^b   Du, Zhencai ^b   Hu, Kaiming ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Cross season precipitation connection; El Ni o La Ni a; SST anomaly pattern; The South China Sea

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84906075677     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1820-y     Document Type: Article

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