Formation mechanisms of the extreme high surface air temperature of 40.9°C observed in the Tokyo metropolitan area: Considerations of dynamic foehn and foehnlike wind

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1827-1841

  Takane, Yuya ^a   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC DYNAMICS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DIABATIC HEATING; DRY-OUT; ENERGY BUDGETS; EXTREME EVENTS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EVENTS; LAGRANGIAN; MIXED LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUBGRID SCALE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREAS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DYNAMICS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; CLEAR SKY; DIABATIC PROCESS; FOEHN; FORMATION MECHANISM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXED LAYER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KUMAGAYA; SAITAMA [KANTO];

EID: 80053219271     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05032.1     Document Type: Article

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