Teleconnected influence of tropical Northwest Pacific sea surface temperature on interannual variability of autumn precipitation in Southwest China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2527-2539

  Wang, Lin ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Zhou, Wen ^b   Huang, Gang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Northwest Pacific; Precipitation; Southwest China; SST

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTUMN; CYCLONE; DROUGHT; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84946484725     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2490-8     Document Type: Article

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