An investigation of convection behind the cape canaveral sea-breeze front

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3437-3458

  Rao, P Anil ^a,b   Fuelberg, Henry E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; FRONTAL FEATURE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA BREEZE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033652594     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<3437:AIOCBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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