A proposed mechanism for the intrusion of dry air into the Tropical western Pacific region

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1524-1546

  Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Parsons, David B ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

DRY AIR; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC REGION;

TROPICS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC WAVE; DROUGHT; TOGA-COARE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033150007     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1524:APMFTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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