Structure and Evolution of an Undular Bore on the High Plains and Its Effects on Migrating Birds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1043-1060

  Locatelli, John D ^a   Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Johnson, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0032413468     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1043:SAEOAU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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