An Observational Study of the "Interstate 5" Dust Storm Case

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 693-720

  Pauley, Patricia M ^a,b   Baker, Nancy L ^c   Barker, Edward H ^c  

^a Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; SURFACE WIND; TROPOPAUSE FOLD;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY;

EID: 0030464124     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0693:AOSOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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