Binary interactions between polar lows

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 577-594

  Renfrew, Ian A ^a   Moore, G W K ^a   Clerk, Aashish A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERE; POLAR LOW; WIND;

EID: 0031394168     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i5.14823     Document Type: Article

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