Effects of baroclinicity on the cloud pattern and structure of polar lows: A high-resolution numerical experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Yanase, W ^a   Niino, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND;

BAROCLINICITY; CLOUD PATTERN; NON-HYDROSTATIC MODEL; POLAR LOWS;

CLOUDS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODELING; POLAR METEOROLOGY;

HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS;

EID: 16344367328     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020469     Document Type: Article

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