Cut-off low monitoring by the French VHF-ST-radar network during the ESTIME campaign

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 639-651

  Caccia, J L ^a   Bertin, F ^b   Campistron, B ^c   Klaus, V ^d   Pointin, Y ^e   Van Baelen, J ^d   Wilson, R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b 94107   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Cut off lows; Moist static stability; Stratosphere troposphere exchanges; VHF ST radar

Indexed keywords

MODELING; MONITORING; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033926627     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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