Precipitation over Greenland retrieved by a dynamic method and its relation to cyclonic activity

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-870

  Chen, Qiu Shi ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a   Bai, Lesheng ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; CYCLONIC RAINFALL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031426507     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0839:POGRBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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