Observations and model simulations of a winter sub-synoptic vortex over the central Mediterranean

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-383

  Lagouvardos, K ^a   Kotroni, V ^a   Nickovic, S ^a   Jovic, D ^a   Kallos, G ^a   Tremback, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MODEL SIMULATION; VORTEX FORMATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WIND;

ITALY;

EID: 0012199423     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001309     Document Type: Article

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