Synoptic-scale weather systems observed during the FROST project via scatterometer winds

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 6 PART 1, 1999, Pages 867-877

  Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Turner, John ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; SCATTEROMETER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

CLIMATOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

SCATTEROMETER WINDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033237229     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0867:sswsod>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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