Frontogenesis and frontal motion due to confluent deformation with a translating dilatation axis

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2563-2573

  Cunningham, P ^a   Keyser, D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Confluent deformation; Frontal motion; Frontogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; METEOROLOGY; MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; FRONTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033388907     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55910     Document Type: Article

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