A heavy sea fog event over the Yellow Sea in March 2005: Analysis and numerical modeling

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-81

  Gao, Shanhong ^a   Lin, Hang ^b   Shen, Biao ^a   Fu, Gang ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Qingdao Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

MM5; Numerical modeling; Sea fog; Sensitivity experiments; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846820542     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-0065-2     Document Type: Article

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