The impact of the Andes on transient atmospheric systems: A comparison between observations and GCM results

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-912

  Seluchi, M ^a   Serafini, Y V ^b   Le Treut, H ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; MOUNTAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER;

GCM; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER SYSTEM;

SOUTH AMERICA, ANDES;

EID: 0031717912     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0895:TIOTAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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