Effects of the cold tongue in the South China Sea on the monsoon, diurnal cycle and rainfall in the maritime continent

• Main Authors: Koseki, Shunya, Koh, Tieh-Yong, Teo, Chee-Kiat
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103658; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19300
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate the effects of the cold tongue in the South China Sea (SCS) on the winter monsoon, rainfall and diurnal cycle in the maritime continent using a numerical model verified with satellite rainfall and reanalysis data. Composite analysis of the observation and reanalysis data based on cold...