Climatology of cyclogenesis mechanisms in the Mediterranean

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 549-569

  Trigo, Isabel Franco ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^a   Davies, Trevor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLOGENESIS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036509520     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<0549:COCMIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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