A downward developing mesoscale cyclone over the Ross Ice Shelf during winter

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 4, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 125-147

  Bromwich, David H ^a   Carrasco, Jorge F ^a,b   Turner, John ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Direccion Meteorologica de Chile   (Chile)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Downward development; Mesoscale cyclogenesis; Midtropospheric formation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; ICE SHELF; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POLAR METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0030561873     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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