Influence of the East Asian winter monsoon on the storm track activity over the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Yun Young ^a   Lim, Gyu Ho ^a   Kug, Jong Seong ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COOLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

BAROCLINICITY; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; STORM TRACK; SUBTROPICAL JET; SYNOPTIC-EDDY ACTIVITY; TWO ACTIVE REGIONS;

STORMS;

EDDY; JET; STORM TRACK; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TIMESCALE; WINTER;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84905355975     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012813     Document Type: Article

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