The influence of the Andes mountains on the South American low-level flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2002, Pages

  Campetella, Claudia M ^a   Vera, Carolina S ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

BAROCLINIC WAVES; BASIC FLOW; CYCLONE ACTIVITY; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MODEL SIMULATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; WARM SEASONS;

STORMS;

EID: 0036767625     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015451     Document Type: Article

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