A warm core in a polar low observed with a satellite microwave sounding unit

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-208

  Forsythe, John M ^a   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^b  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; NOAA; POLAR FRONTS; POLAR LOW; WARM CORE;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0029775265     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i2.12054     Document Type: Article

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