Organization of oceanic convection during the onset of the 1998 east asian summer monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-148

  Johnson, Richard H ^a   Aves, Steven L ^a   Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Keenan, Thomas D ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEATHER MODIFICATION; WIND;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MONSOON; ORGANIZATIONAL MODES; RAIN FRACTIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOON; OCEANIC CONVECTION; WIND SHEAR;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

EID: 14344261320     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2843.1     Document Type: Article

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