A role of the yellow and east China Seas in the development of extratropical cyclones in winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8328-8340

  Isobe, Atsuhiko ^a   Kako, Shin'ichiro ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Continental shelf slope; Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CYCLOGENESIS; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

STORMS; VORTICITY;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUIKSCAT; VORTICITY; WINTER;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84871804912     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00391.1     Document Type: Article

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