A diagnostic study of a retreating mei-yu front and the accompanying low-level jet formation and intensification

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 874-896

  Chen, George Tai Jen ^a   Wang, Chung Chieh ^b,c   Lin, Li Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RAIN; WIND;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (ECMWF); FRONTAL MOVEMENT; LOW-LEVEL JET (LLJ); MERIDIONAL WIND; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (MCS); MONSOON FLOW;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; JET; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646256346     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3099.1     Document Type: Article

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