High-resolution modeling of the Cape Canaveral area land-water circulations and associated features

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1808-1821

  Rao, P Anil ^a,c   Fuelberg, Henry E ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SEA BREEZE;

CAPE CANAVERAL; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032743645     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1808:HRMOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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