Midlatitude cyclonic cloud systems and their features affecting large scales and climate

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-273

  Stewart, Ronald E ^a   Szeto, Kit K ^a   Reinking, Roger F ^b   Clough, Sid A ^c,e   Ballard, Susan P ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Jt Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLOUD SYSTEMS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LARGE-SCALE IMPACTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE INFLUENCES; WATER CYCLING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE IMPACT; CYCLONIC CLOUD; MIDLATITUDE;

EID: 0031849849     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RG03573     Document Type: Article

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