Lee vorticity production by large-scale tropical mountain ranges. Part I: Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclogenesis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-538

  Mozer, Joel B ^a   Zehnder, Joseph A ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEE CYCLOGENESIS; LEE VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; VORTICITY;

MEXICO, SIERRA MADRE; PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030477654     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0521:LVPBLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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