Comparisons of the circulation anomalies associated with extreme heat in different regions of eastern China

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5830-5844

  Chen, Ruidan ^a   Lu, Riyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Large scale motions; Synoptic climatology; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; SUBSIDENCE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LARGE SCALE MOTION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

TECTONICS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; HEATING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CHINA; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 84942901428     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00818.1     Document Type: Article

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