FASTEX IOP17 cyclone: Introductory synoptic study with field data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3393-3414

  Cammas, Jean Pierre ^b   Pouponneau, Béatrice ^a   Desroziers, Gerald ^a   Santurette, Patrick ^a   Joly, Alain ^a   Arbogast, Philippe ^a   Mallet, Isabelle ^a   Caniaux, Guy ^a   Mascart, Patrick ^c  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cloud head; Dry wedge; FASTEX; Frontal cyclone; Outflow jet

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; FASTEX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033509931     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56112     Document Type: Article

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