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Dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone: insights from potential vorticity tendency diagnostics
Ninghui Li
Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jonathon S. Wright
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Philip Rupp
Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Munich 80333, Germany
Alison Ming
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
Shenglong Zhang
Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jie Gao
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Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China
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Short summary
This study examines how the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone changes during summer. It usually has three main centers over the Iranian Plateau, Tibetan Plateau, and western Pacific. Its movement is mainly controlled by winds, while atmospheric heating influences its strength and development.
This study examines how the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone changes during summer. It usually...
