Influence of upper tropospheric disturbances on the synoptic variability of precipitation and moisture transport over summertime east Asia and the northwestern pacific

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 519-541

  Horinouchi, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Piecewise potential vorticity inversion; Potential enstrophy; Precipitation band; Summer monsoon; Synoptic meteorology; Water vapor transport

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FRONTOGENESIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84924709590     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2014-602     Document Type: Article

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