Potential impact of sea surface temperature on winter precipitation over the Japan sea side of Japan: A regional climate modeling study

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-488

  Takahashi, Hiroshi G ^a   Ishizaki, Noriko N ^b   Kawase, Hiroaki ^b   Hara, Masayuki ^b   Yoshikane, Takao ^b   Ma, Xieyao ^b   Kimura, Fujio ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sea of japan; Sensitivity; SST; Uncertainty; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84883670825     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-404     Document Type: Article

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