Transient downslopewinds under the influence of stationary leewaves from the Zao mountain range

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-100

  Sawada, Masahiro ^a   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a   Sha, Weiming ^a   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^a   Iwai, Hironori ^b   Ishii, Shoken ^b   Mizutani, Kohei ^b   Itabe, Toshikazu ^b   Yamada, Izumi ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDAR; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN REGION; STANDING WAVE; TRANSIENT FLOW; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; MOUNT ZAO; OU MOUNTAINS; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84857841163     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-105     Document Type: Article

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