Seasonal variations of the synoptic-scale transient eddy activity and polar front jet over East Asia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3222-3233

  Ren, Xuejuan ^a   Yang, Xiuqun ^a   Chu, Cuijiao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINICITY; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; EAST ASIA; EDDY ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH LATITUDES; JET STREAMS; MEAN-WINDS; NORTH PACIFIC; POLAR FRONT; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SINGLE JET; SUBTROPICAL JET; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSITIONAL PERIOD; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WARM SEASONS; WIND FIELD;

METEOROLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; JET STREAM; POLAR FRONT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955482579     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3225.1     Document Type: Article

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