Numerical experiments on cloud streets in the lee of island arcs during cold-air outbreaks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kawase, Hiroaki ^a   Sato, Tomonori ^a,b   Kimura, Fujio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD EFFECTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD STREETS; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; ISLAND ARCS; SATELLITE IMAGES; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST;

CLOUDS;

COLD AIR; ISLAND ARC; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 25444512431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023256     Document Type: Article

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