by Lee Kwok Lun. / Title also in Chinese characters. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-147). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- WINTER MONSOON IN EAST ASIA / Chapter 1.2 --- THE SURGES AND THE EFFECTS ON LOCAL WEATHER / Chapter 1.3 --- PREDICTION OF WINTER MONSOON SURGES / Chapter 1.4 --- COASTAL FEATURES AT OTHER PLACES / Chapter 1.5 --- OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- THE NUMERICAL MODEL --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- THE GOVERNING EQUATIONS / Chapter 2.1.1 --- INDEPENDENT VARIABLES / Chapter 2.1.2 --- DEPENDENT VARIABLES / Chapter 2.1.3 --- THE COMPLETE SET OF MODEL EQUATIONS / Chapter 2.2 --- MODEL DOMAIN AND GRID STRUCTURE / Chapter 2.3 --- SPATIAL FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES / Chapter 2.3.1 --- ADVECTION TERMS / Chapter 2.3.2 --- DIFFUSION TERM / Chapter 2.3.3 --- PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE TERM / Chapter 2.3.4 --- INTEGRATION OF HYDROSTATIC EQUATION / Chapter 2.4 --- TIME INTEGRATION SCHEME / Chapter 2.5 --- LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS / Chapter 2.6 --- PARAMETERIZATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES / Chapter 2.6.1 --- PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER PHYSICS / Chapter 2.6.2 --- EVALUATION OF DIABATIC HEATING / Chapter 2.7 --- INITIALIZATION / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SIMULATIONS OF ACTUAL EASTERLY COLD SURGE EVENTS --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- CHOICE OF MODEL DOMAIN / Chapter 3.2 --- INITIAL AND LATERAL BOUNDARY DATA / Chapter 3.3 --- THE ACTUAL EVENTS / Chapter 3.3.1 --- CASE STUDY1A / Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- Synoptic Environment During the Event / Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- The Simulation of the Actual Event / Chapter 3.3.1.3 --- Diagnosis of the Simulation Results / Chapter 3.3.2 --- CASE STUDY2A / Chapter 3.3.3. --- CASE STUDY3A / Chapter 3.4 --- SUMMARY / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON THE EASTERLY COLD SURGE --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1 --- THE NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.2 --- NO TERRAIN EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.3 --- EFFECTS OF TAIWAN ISLAND / Chapter 4.4 --- IDEAL COASTAL RANGE EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.5 --- SUMMARY / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE FORMATION OF THE COASTAL NARROW RIDGE --- p.96 / Chapter 5.1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 5.2 --- THE KELVIN WAVE MODEL / Chapter 5.3 --- COMPARISON OF COASTAL PHENOMENA AT OTHER PLACES / Chapter 5.3.1 --- THE AUSTRALIA CASE / Chapter 5.3.2 --- THE NORTH AMERICA CASE / Chapter 5.4 --- THE SOUTHEAST CHINA COASTAL RIDGE / Chapter 5.5 --- OTHER MECHANISMS BESIDES OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.109 / APPENDIX A DERIVATION OF GOVERNING EQUATIONS --- p.112 / APPENDIX B HORIZONTAL SMOOTHING AND HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION --- p.120 / APPENDIX C DIAGNOSTIC VARIABLES --- p.122 / APPENDIX D EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL KELVIN WAVES --- p.125 / APPENDIX E FORTRAN SOURCE CODE OF THE NUMERICAL MODEL --- p.129 / REFERENCES --- p.147