A study of East Asian cold surges during the 2004/05 winter: Impact of East Asian Jet stream and subtropical upper-level rossby wave trains

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-343

  Hong, Chi Chemg ^a   Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^b   Chia, Hsin Hsing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cold surges; Jet stream; Wave trains

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; JET STREAM; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAHARA;

EID: 68149125223     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.02.04.01(A)     Document Type: Article

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