The role of the central Asian mountains on the midwinter suppression of north pacific storminess

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3706-3720

  Park, Hyo Seok ^a   Chiang, John C H ^a   Son, Seok Woo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Orographic effects; Pacific Ocean; Storm tracks; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ASIA; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; STORM TRACKS; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY CONVERSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; WAVE PACKETS; WAVES;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; WAVE FIELD; WINTER;

CENTRAL ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77958090379     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3349.1     Document Type: Article

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