The large-scale circulation change at the end of the Baiu season in Japan as seen in ERA40 data

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-99

  Suzuki, Shin Ichi ^a   Hoskins, Brian ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE FIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 70349598274     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.87.83     Document Type: Article

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