Balanced and unbalanced circulations in a primitive equation simulation of a midlatitude MCC. Part I: The numerical simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-478

  Olsson, Peter Q ^a,b   Cotton, William R ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELING; CONVECTION; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGY; VORTEX;

CONVECTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX; RAMS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031469423     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0457:BAUCIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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