Synoptic-scale controls of persistent low temperature and icy weather over Southern China in January 2008

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3978-3991

  Zhou, Wen ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Chen, Wen ^b   Ling, Jian ^b   Pinto, Joaquim G ^c   Shao, Yaping ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; FREEZING RAIN; INVERSION LAYER; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOISTURE ADVECTION; QUASI-STATIONARY; RETURN PERIODS; SCALE CONTROL; SIBERIA; SNOW COVERS; SOUTHERN CHINA; SYNOPTIC CONTROLS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ADVECTION; WIND EFFECTS;

SNOW;

ADVECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; SNOWSTORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77649293456     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2952.1     Document Type: Article

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