Dynamical characterization of the FASTEX cyclogenesis cases

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3469-3494

  Baehr, Christophe ^b   Pouponneau, Béatrice ^b   Ayrault, Franck ^b   Joly, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis; Cyclone development; Dynamical meteorology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033509932     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56115     Document Type: Article

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