Mechanism of the northward propagation of mesoscale convective systems observed on 15 June 2005 during PALAU2005

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Moteki, Qoosaku ^b   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^b   Kubota, Hisayuki ^b   Ushiyama, Tomoki ^b   Reddy, Krishnaredikari Krishna ^b   Yoneyama, Kunio ^b   Katsumata, Masaki ^b   Sato, Naoki ^b   Yasunaga, Kazuaki ^b   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^b   Geng, Biao ^b   Fujita, Mikiko ^b   Yoshizaki, Masanori ^b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^c   Chuda, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

COLD AIR MASS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EASTERLY WAVE; GLOBAL OBJECTIVE; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; LAND BREEZES; LOW-PRESSURE AREA; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LAND BREEZE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 70350012337     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009793     Document Type: Article

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