Synoptic-scale dual structure of precipitable water along the eastern Pacific ITCZ

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6288-6304

  Chen, Guanghua ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^b   Yokoyama, Chie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; MERIDIONAL DIPOLE; MULTI-LEVEL STRUCTURES; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SHALLOW CONVECTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AUTUMN; BAROCLINIC MODE; CYCLONE; DIVERGENCE; HUMIDITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND FIELD;

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

EID: 84905905158     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00060.1     Document Type: Article

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