Tropical cyclone-like vortices in a limited area model: Comparison with observed climatology

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2240-2259

  Walsh, Kevin ^a   Watterson, Ian G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CYCLONE; VORTEX;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CYCLONE; VORTEX;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031391474     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2240:TCLVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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