Numerical simulations of a landfalling cold front observed during COAST: Rapid evolution and responsible mechanisms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1945-1966

  Colle, Brian A ^a   Smull, Bradley F ^a   Yang, Ming Jen ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

COASTAL BARRIER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; COLD FRONT; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036678105     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1945:NSOALC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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