PV frontogenesis and upper-tropospheric fronts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1528-1539

  Davies, H C ^a   Rossa, A M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONTOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032417180     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1528:PFAUTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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