The 13 March 1993 severe squall line over western Cuba

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-102

  Alfonso, Arnaldo P ^a   Naranjo, Lino R ^a,b  

^a Ctro Meteorológico Prov   (Cuba)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUALL LINE; STORMS; WESTERN CUBA;

EID: 0029671958     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0089:TMSSLO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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