The frontal width problem

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3167-3172

  Blumen, W ^a   Piper, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; WIND;

FRONTAL WIDTH; FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ANEMOMETER; FRONTAL FEATURE; FRONTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033402327     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3167:TFWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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