The Coastal Observation and Simulation with Topography (COAST) Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1941-1955

  Bond, Nicholas A ^a,e   Mass, Clifford F ^a   Smull, Bradley F ^a,b   Houze, Robert A ^a   Yang, Ming Jen ^c   Colle, Brian A ^a   Braun, Scott A ^d   Shapiro, M A ^e   Colman, Bradley R ^f   Neiman, Paul J ^e   Overland, James E ^e   Neff, William D ^e   Doyle, James D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f National Weather Service   (United States)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; CYCLONE; FRONT; OROGRAPHY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0031447578     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1941:TCOASW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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