The structure and evolution of gap outflow over the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2673-2691

  Steenburgh, W James ^a   Schultz, David M ^b   Colle, Brian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COLD AIR; MODEL; OUTFLOW; TRAJECTORY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032453593     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2673:TSAEOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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