The North Pacific subtropical high characterized separately for June, July, and August: Zonal displacement associated with submonthly variability

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-530

  Kawatani, Yoshio ^a   Ninomiya, Kozo ^a   Tokioka, Tatsushi ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; PREDICTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 58049105039     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.505     Document Type: Article

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