Initial development of tropical precipitation patterns in response to a local warm SST area: An aqua-planet ensemble study

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1483-1504

  Nakajima, Kensuke ^a   Toyoda, Eizi ^b   Ishiwatari, Masaki ^c   Takehiro, Shin Ichi ^d   Hayashi, Yoshi Yuki ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KELVIN WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 13844256116     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1483     Document Type: Article

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