Modeling low-level clouds over the Okhotsk Sea in summer: cloud formation and its effects on the Okhotsk high

• Main Authors: Koseki, Shunya., Nakamura, Tomohiro., Mitsudera, Humio., Wang, Yuqing.
• Other Authors: Temasek Laboratories
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99211; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12887
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In summer the Okhotsk Sea is often covered by low-level clouds, which occasionally co-occur with the Okhotsk high. We investigate the formation of low-level clouds and their effects on the Okhotsk high in July using reanalysis, satellite data, and a regional climate model. Statistical analysis sugge...