A polar low over the Japan Sea on 21 January 1997. Part I: Observational Analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1537-1551

  Fu, Gang ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^b   Kimura, Ryuji ^b   Kato, Teruyuki ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

JAPAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; POLAR LOW;

WEATHERING;

AVHRR; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NOAA SATELLITE; POLAR FRONT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 3943110846     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1537:APLOTJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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