Analyses and numerical modeling of a polar low over the Japan Sea on 19 December 2003

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 395-412

  Guo, Jingtian ^a   Fu, Gang ^a,b   Li, Ziliang ^a   Shao, Limin ^a   Duan, Yihong ^b   Wang, Jianguo ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Shanghai Typhoon Institute   (China)

^c Shandong Research Institute of Meteorology   (China)

Author keywords

Concentric eye walls; Numerical modeling; Polar low; Warm core structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR FRONT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 34547843071     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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