Frontogenesis and the development of secondary wave cyclones in FASTEX

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 925-940

  Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^a   Thorpe, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deformation; Frontogenesis; Secondary wave; Shear; Strain

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DEFORMATION; FRONTOGENESIS; SHEAR; STRAIN; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032772077     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55508     Document Type: Article

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