Response of storm tracks to bimodal Kuroshio path states south of Japan

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7772-7779

  Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a   Nishina, Ayako ^a   Minobe, Shoshiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Boundary currents; North Pacific Ocean; Sea ocean surface; Snow; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CYCLONE TRACKS; DATA SETS; DEVELOPMENT RATE; EAST CHINA SEA; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; KUROSHIO; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FRONTS; STORM TRACK; TWO-STATE; WEATHER CHARTS; WINTER CYCLONES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SNOW;

STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CYCLONE; SNOW; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

EAST CHINA SEA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84870038832     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00326.1     Document Type: Article

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