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Influences of the Indian Ocean dipole on the Asian summer monsoon in the following year

  1. Yuan Yuan1,2,*,
  2. Hui Yang1,
  3. Wen Zhou3,
  4. Chongyin Li1

Article first published online: 13 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1678

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 14, pages 1849–1859, 30 November 2008

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Yuan, Y., Yang, H., Zhou, W. and Li, C. (2008), Influences of the Indian Ocean dipole on the Asian summer monsoon in the following year. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1849–1859. doi: 10.1002/joc.1678

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  1. 1

    LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  2. 2

    Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  3. 3

    Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

*LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9804, Beijing, China, 100029.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 13 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 DEC 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 15 NOV 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 17 NOV 2005

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