caa a22 4500 469084499 CHVBK 20180323133001.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02677073 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02677073 Longitudinal heating gradient: Another possible factor influencing the intensity of the Asian summer monsoon circulation [Elektronische Daten] [Yang Song, Peter Webster, Dong Min] The largest longitudinal heating gradients in the tropics exist between the African desert and Asian convective regions during summer once the South Asian monsoon is established. The heating gradients are anchored by the latent heat release and net radiative flux convergence over the monsoon region, and by the dominant net radiative flux divergence over the desert. An apparent relationship is found between the intensity of the Asian summer monsoon circulation and the longitudinal heating gradients mentioned, in addition to the latitudinal heating gradients cross the monsoon region. The monsoon circulation measured in terms of the zonal wind component is stronger when the longitudinal heating gradients are large, and vice versa. Thus, we claim that the longitudinal heating gradient may be another important factor which influences the intensity of the Asian summer monsoon circulation. There is little evidence that the interannual variability of the longitudinal heating gradients between Africa and Asia and, thus, the intensity of the Asian summer monsoon circulation, is a strong function of the El Nino / Southern Oscillation cycle. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 1992 Song Yang Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., 840 Memorial Drive, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA aut Webster Peter The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA aut Min Dong State Meteorological Administration, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, 100081, Beijing aut Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Science Press 9/4(1992-12-01), 397-410 0256-1530 9:4<397 1992 9 376 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Song Yang Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., 840 Memorial Drive, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Webster Peter The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Min Dong State Meteorological Administration, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, 100081, Beijing aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Science Press 9/4(1992-12-01), 397-410 0256-1530 9:4<397 1992 9 376 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer