From MONEX to the global monsoon: A review of monsoon system research

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-31

  Ding, Yihui ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Song, Yafang ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic activity; coupled system; global monsoon; monsoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913554956     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: 18619533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-0008-7     Document Type: Article

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