Interaction of katabatic winds and mesocyclones near the eastern coast of Greenland

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-422

  Klein, Thomas ^a   Heinemann, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONIC VORTICITY; KATABATIC FLOW; KATABATIC WINDS; MESO-SCALE MODELING; MESOCYCLONES; MESOSCALE VORTICES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SHIP OPERATION;

TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRCRAFT; CHANNEL FLOW; CONVERGENCE; KATABATIC FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; STORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 0011069670     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702004036     Document Type: Article

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