Influence of air-sea interaction on the simulation of East Asian summer monsoon: A case study

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 53-54, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Hu, Yijia ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a,b   Liu, Xiying ^a,b   Zhu, Yimin ^a  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; East Asian summer monsoon; Regional atmosphere ocean coupled model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA COUPLING; ASIAN CONTINENT; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; ENHANCED CONDENSATION; FLOWTHROUGH; MODEL COUPLING; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; OCEANIC COMPONENTS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIMULATION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE EVAPORATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCOUPLED MODELS; VORTICITY BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; FEEDBACK; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; VORTICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84862782671     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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