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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

coupling wheel

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Diagram of the "coupling wheel" between the Mongolian cyclone and the South Asia High that drives the East Asia summer monsoon (EASM). Dashed lines represent circulation anomalies at 850hPa (lower atmosphere) and solid lines show theseanomalies at 200hPa (upper atmosphere) along with the corresponding surface high and low locations.

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Congwen Zhu and Michael Joyce

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