Influence of assimilated SST on regional atmospheric simulation: A case of a cold-air outbreak over the Japan Sea

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Yamamoto, Masaru ^a   Hirose, Naoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold air outbreak; Data assimilation; Mesoscale simulation; SST

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERPOLATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 48749122538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.164     Document Type: Article

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