A numerical modeling study of mesoscale cyclogenesis to the east of the Korean peninsula

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2305-2329

  Lee, Tae Young ^a   Park, Young Youn ^a   Lin, Yuh Lang ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; VORTEX;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0032460271     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2305:ANMSOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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