Mechanism of formation of low level jets in the South China Sea during spring and summer of 1998

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1265-1270

  Zhao, Ping ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Zhou, Xiuji ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Low level jet; Monsoon over the South China sea; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749634057     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03183949     Document Type: Article

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