Summer Monsoons in East Asia, Indochina and the Western North Pacific

Global Monsoon System, The: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-72

  Zhou, Tianjun ^a   Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^b   Matsumoto, Jun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789814343411_0004     Document Type: Chapter

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