Unusual late-season cold surges during the 2005 asian winter monsoon: Roles of Atlantic blocking and the central Asian anticyclone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5205-5217

  Lu, Mong Ming ^a   Chang, Chih Pei ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; CIRCULATION CHANGES; COLD SURGE; COLD WINTER; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; DOWNSTREAM WAVES; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FIRST BREAKS; MONGOLIA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WINTER MONSOON;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN CURRENTS;

FLUXES;

ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; COLD AIR; JET STREAM; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM SURGE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; CHINA; MONGOLIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 76749129417     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2935.1     Document Type: Article

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