South American cold surges: Types, composites, and case studies

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1021-1041

  Lupo, A R ^a   Nocera, J J ^a   Bosart, L F ^a   Hoffman, E G ^a   Knight, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; STORMS;

COLD SURGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COLD AIR; FLOW PATTERN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035335336     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1021:SACSTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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