Plausible influence of Atlantic Ocean SST anomalies on winter haze in China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 249-257

  Xiao, Dong ^a   Li, Ying ^b   Fan, Shaojia ^c   Zhang, Renhe ^a   Sun, Jiaren ^c,d   Wang, Yan ^e  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; COLD AIR; HAZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); CHINA;

EID: 84942372278     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1297-6     Document Type: Article

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