Possible modification of atmospheric circulation over the northwestern Pacific induced by a small semi-enclosed ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Yamamoto, Masaru ^a   Hirose, Naoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AIR MASS; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BERING SEA; COLD AIR; CYCLOGENESIS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; FLOW TRANSPORT; JAPAN SEA; OKHOTSK; POLEWARD HEAT TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-STATIONARY; SIBERIA; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WARM AIR; WARM OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR MASS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; HEAT TRANSFER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SIBERIA;

EID: 79751516481     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046214     Document Type: Article

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