Physical mechanisms of the wintertime surface air temperature variability in South Korea and the near-7-day oscillations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2197-2212

  Kim, Kwang Yul ^a   Roh, Joon Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; CYCLOSTATIONARY; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EASTERN CHINA; GREENHOUSE WARMING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEOUL , SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; WARM AIR; WINTERTIME WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77953727398     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3348.1     Document Type: Article

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