Mesoscale dynamics of a deepening secondary cyclone in FASTEX IOP16: Three-dimensional structure retrieved from dropsonde data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3535-3562

  Bouniol, D ^a   Protat, A ^b   Lemaitre Y ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Atmospheric dynamics; Cyclogenesis; Frontal wave

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; FASTEX; FRONTAL FEATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033505834     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56118     Document Type: Article

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