极地低压：强烈的冬季气旋=polar lows：Intense Cyclones in Winter

Chapter 1 General Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definition of polar low
1.3 Review of polar low study in past
1.4 The main achievements of polar low study
1.5 Polar lows over the Japan Sea
1.6 The purpose of the present study
Chapter 2 General Features of polar Lows over the Japan Sea and the Northwestern Pacific
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Data source and outline of analysis
2.3 Statistical features of polar lows in winter of 1995/1996
2.4 Characteristics of large-scale environmental conditions related to the formation of polar low
2.5 Comparison of features of polar olws over the Japan Sea and other areas
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3 A Case Study of Polar Low over the Janpan Sea on 26 February 1996
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sources of analysis data
3.3 The evolution and structure of polar low
3.4 The characteristics of underlying SST
3.5 The effect of the Changbai Mountain topography
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4 Numerical Simulation and Experiment by Using JSM
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The full-physics simulation
4.3 The numerical experiments
4.4 Other discussions
4.5 Summary
Chapter 5 An Isolated Polar Low over the Japan SEa on 21 January 1997
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Observational analysis
5.3 Numerical simulation of RSM
5.4 MRI-NHM simulation nested within RSM
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 Multiple Polar Lows on 11 February 1997
6.1 Intrdouction
6.2 Observational analysis
6.3 Numerical simulation of RSM
6.4 Summary
Chapter 7 Discussion and Summary
7.1 Discussions
7.2 General summary
7.3 Epilogue
Appendix-A
IPV
Appendix-B
The energy fluxes across the domain boundaries
Appendix-C
Increase of eddy kinetic energy due to the convergence of mean flow field v
References
List of figures
List of tables
Index
list of abbreviations and acronyms