Simulations of wintertime precipitation in the vicinity of Japan: Sensitivity to fine-scale distributions of sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Iizuka, Satoshi ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; FORECASTING MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL; JAPAN SEA; KUROSHIO; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MEAN-WINDS; MIDTROPOSPHERE; MOISTURE ADVECTION; MOISTURE BUDGET; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SST ANOMALIES; WEATHER RESEARCH; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 77953174071     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012576     Document Type: Article

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