Multiple polar mesocyclones over the Japan Sea on 11 February 1997

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 793-814

  Fu, Gang ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^b   Kimura, Ryuji ^b   Kato, Teruyuki ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

POLAR MESO CYCLONES; SHALLOW STRUCTURES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; HEATING; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 1842635038     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0793:MPMOTJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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