Implications of sea surface temperature deviations in the prediction of wind and precipitable water over the Yellow Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Park, Rae Seol ^a   Cho, Yang Ki ^b   Choi, Byoung Ju ^c   Song, Chul Han ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; EVAPORATION RATE; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MOISTURE FLUXES; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; VERTICAL WIND; WIND FIELD; YELLOW SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EVAPORATION; HEIGHT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 80052089937     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016191     Document Type: Article

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