Deep atmospheric response to the North Pacific oceanic subtropical front in spring

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5960-5975

  Kobashi, Fumiaki ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Iwasaka, Naoto ^a   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITIES; BAROCLINICITY; CONVECTIVE RAINS; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NORTH PACIFIC; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; STORM TRACKS; SUBTROPICAL FRONTS; SURFACE TROUGHS; SURFACE WIND STRESS; UPWARD MOTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 60749133518     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2311.1     Document Type: Article

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