Regional mountain torque estimates over the Rocky Mountains in lee cyclones

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1986-1997

  Czarnetzki, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TORQUE;

GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CYCLONE; MOUNTAIN;

LEE CYCLOGENESIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TORQUE;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031200794     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1986:RMTEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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