Cold air incursions over subtropical and tropical South America: A numerical case study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2823-2853

  Garreaud, René D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; COLD AIR; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033493756     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2823:CAIOSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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