Water vapor transport and moisture budget over eastern China: Remote forcing from the two types of El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8778-8792

  Li, Xiuzhen ^a,b   Zhou, Wen ^a,b   Chen, Deliang ^c   Li, Chongyin ^d   Song, Jie ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOISTURE BUDGET; MOISTURE DEFICIT; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; TOTAL WATER VAPORS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

WATER VAPOR;

EL NINO; MOISTURE FLUX; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WARM POOL; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84919633855     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00049.1     Document Type: Article

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