Application of over-the-horizon radar observations to synoptic and mesoanalysis over the atlantic

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-55

  Young, G S ^a   Harlan, J A ^b   Georges, T M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OVER THE HORIZON RADAR; RADAR; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031468153     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0044:AOOTHR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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