The role of orography in the dynamics of storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1737-1750

  Lee, Woo Jin ^a,b   Mak, Mankin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC REGION; EDDY; OROGRAPHY; PLANETARY WAVE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0030425611     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1737:TROOIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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