Interannual variation of the wintertime fog-haze days across central and eastern China and its relation with East Asian winter monsoon

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 346-354

  Li, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Renhe ^b   Wang, Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian winter monsoon; Fog haze days in China; Interannual variation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SURFACE OBSERVATION DATA; VERTICAL DIFFUSION;

FOG;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; FOG; HAZE; MONSOON; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

CHINA;

EID: 84958063329     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4350     Document Type: Article

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