The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX): Scientific Objectives and Experimental Design

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1917-1940

  Joly, Alain ^a,n   Jorgensen, Dave ^b   Shapiro, Melvyn A ^c   Thorpe, Alan ^d   Bessemoulin, Pierre ^a   Browning, Keith A ^d   Cammas, Jean Pierre ^e   Chalon, Jean Pierre ^a   Clough, Sidney A ^f   Emanuel, Kerry A ^g   Eymard, Laurence ^h   Gall, Robert ⁱ   Hildebrand, Peter H ⁱ   Langland, Rolf H ^j   Lemaître, Yvon ^k   Lynch, Peter ^k   Moore, James A ^l   Ola G Persson, P ^c   Snyder, Chris ⁱ   Wakimoto, Roger M ^m  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Ctr Etud Environnements TP   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EXPERIMENT DESIGN; FASTEX; FRONT; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031447560     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1917:TFAAST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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