Tropical-midlatitude exchange of air masses during summer and winter in South America: Climatic aspects and examples of intense events

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1167-1190

  Petrone, Richard M ^a   Rouse, Wayne R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air mass exchange; Cold surges; Low level jet; South America; Synoptic climatology; Tropical midlatitude interaction

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033822304     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0088(200008)20:10<1167::AID-JOC526>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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