A mesovortex within a near-equatorial mesoscale convective system during TOGA COARE

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 6 II, 1999, Pages 1145-1156

  Chong, Michel ^a   Bousquet, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TOGA-COARE; VORTEX;

EID: 0032693344     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1145:amwane>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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