Polar lows in the Labrador Sea: A case study

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-40

  Moore, G W K ^a   Reader, M C ^a,b   York, J ^a,c   Sathiyamoorthy, S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECMWF; MESOSCALE FEATURES; MESOSCALE VORTEX; POLAR FRONTS; POLAR LOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE; VORTEX ANALYSIS;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0029749839     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1996.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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