Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of atmospheric response to anomalous sea-ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3347-3358

  Honda, Meiji ^a   Yamazaki, Koji ^b   Nakamura, Hisashi ^c   Takeuchi, Kensuke ^b  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVES;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0033494138     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3347:DATCOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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