A modeling diagnosis of the development of mesoscale convective systems over the South China Sea during the summer monsoon onset in 1998

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-399

  Lin, Song Chin ^a   Kueh, Mien Tze ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mesoscale convective systems; Model diagnosis; South China Sea; Summer monsoon onset

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; MONSOON; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1342331275     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2003.14.4.369(A)     Document Type: Article

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