Cold air incursions over subtropical South America: Mean structure and dynamics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 7 II, 2000, Pages 2544-2559

  Garreaud, René D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COLD AIR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033835343     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2544:caioss>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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