Large-scale circulation anomalies associated with 'tropical night' weather in Beijing, China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1980-1989

  Chen, Ruidan ^a   Lu, Riyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Circulation; Extreme heat; High temperature weather; Tropical night; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

BOILER CIRCULATION; SUN; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

ANTICYCLONIC ANOMALIES; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; BEIJING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; TROPICAL NIGHT; WATER VAPOUR;

TROPICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COOLING; CYCLONE; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA;

EID: 84899491443     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3815     Document Type: Article

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