Structure and evolution of the large-scale flow and an embedded upper-tropospheric cyclonic vortex over Northeast Brazil

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1673-1688

  Mishra, S K ^a   Rao, V B ^a   Gan, M A ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

LARGE SCALE FLOW;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CYCLONE; SHEAR ZONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

EID: 0035391640     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1673:SAEOTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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