Coupling of South and East Asian monsoon precipitation in July-August

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4330-4356

  Day, Jesse A ^a   Fung, Inez ^a   Risi, Camille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Asia; Interannual variability; Moisture moisture budget; Monsoons; Potential vorticity; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; DATA INTEGRATION; GAGES; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN GAGES; STORMS; WATER RESOURCES;

ASIA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE/MOISTURE BUDGETS; MONSOONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MOISTURE; MONSOON; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM;

BANGLADESH; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAPAN; KOREA; NEPAL;

EID: 84979547353     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00393.1     Document Type: Article

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