A numerical study of clear-air turbulence (CAT) encounters over South Korea on 2 April 2007

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2381-2403

  Kim, Jung Hoon ^a   Chun, Hye Yeong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Jets; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BREAK DOWN; CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; COARSE DOMAIN; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERATION MECHANISM; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; JEJU ISLAND; JET STREAMS; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PILOT REPORTS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOUTH KOREA; TEMPERATURE FIELD; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WAVEBREAKING; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WEST COAST;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LANDFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TURBULENCE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 78651111077     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2449.1     Document Type: Article

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