The interaction of a Pacific cold front with shallow air masses east of the Rocky Mountains

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2102-2127

  Neiman, Paul J ^a   Wakimoto, Roger M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; SQUALL LINE;

AIR MASS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FRONTAL FEATURE; SQUALL LINE; TROUGH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033370413     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2102:TIOAPC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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