Forecast study of the cold december of 2005 in Japan: Role of rossby waves and tropical convection

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 719-735

  Inaba, Morio ^a   Kodera, Kunihiko ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COLD AIR; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; JET; LOW PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SIBERIA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77958140017     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-405     Document Type: Article

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