Dynamical processes related to the appearance of the Okhotsk high during early midsummer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4982-4994

  Sato, Naoki ^a,b   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; KINETIC ENERGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR BAROTROPIC MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEAT BUDGET; KINETIC ENERGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOPAUSE;

EURASIA; KHABAROVSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; OKHOTSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 35448953634     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4285.1     Document Type: Article

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