A planetary-scale land-sea breeze circulation in East Asia and the western North Pacific

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 651, 2010, Pages 1543-1553

  Huang, Wan Ru ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal rainfall variation; Diurnal wind variation; Pressure tidal wave

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; DIURNAL RAINFALL; DIURNAL WIND; EAST ASIA; LAND-SEA BREEZE; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MOMENTUM BUDGET; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPATIAL SCALE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIDAL WAVES; WATER VAPOUR; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUDGET CONTROL; LANDFORMS; TSUNAMIS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; LAND BREEZE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RAINFALL; SEA BREEZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

CHINA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77957168497     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.663     Document Type: Article

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