Decadal-scale modulation of atmospheric circulation change at the onset of the western North Pacific summer monsoon

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-165

  Tomita, Tomohiko ^a,b   Yamaura, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kuwazuru, Yuta ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

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EID: 84920867639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2013-036     Document Type: Article

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