Characteristics of atmospheric heat sources over asia in summer: Comparison of results calculated using multiple reanalysis datasets

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-597

  Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Chen, Longxun ^b   He, Jinhai ^a   Zhu, Congwen ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric heat source; Comparison; Reanalysis data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; HEAT SOURCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUMMER; TROPICAL REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; EAST CHINA SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79954500847     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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