A polar low over the Japan Sea on 21 January 1997. Part II: A numerical study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1552-1574

  Yanase, Wataru ^a   Fu, Gang ^b   Niino, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Teruyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; WIND EFFECTS;

JAPAN SEA; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR FRONT; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 3943091071     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1552:APLOTJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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