An isentropic analysis of the temporal evolution of East Asian cold air outbreaks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9337-9348

  Shoji, Takamichi ^a   Kanno, Yuki ^a   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a   Takaya, Koutarou ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Climate variability; Cold air surges; Diabatic heating; Isentropic analysis; Mass fluxes transport

Indexed keywords

LAKES;

ASIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLD AIR; DIABATIC HEATING; ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS; MASS FLUXES/TRANSPORT;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD AIR; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSPORT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

FAR EAST; LAKE BAIKAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84919725384     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00307.1     Document Type: Article

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