Water vapor transport paths and accumulation during widespread snowfall events in northeastern china

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4535-4549

  Sun, Bo ^a   Wang, Huijun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION; EASTERN CHINA; SEA OF JAPAN; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; SNOW;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; FLOW FIELD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84880653526     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00300.1     Document Type: Article

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