The effects of interactions between surface forcings in the development of a model-simulated polar low in Hudson Bay

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-87

  Gachon, Philippe ^a   Laprise, René ^a   Zwack, Peter ^a   Saucier, François J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLOGENESIS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA ICE;

CANADA;

EID: 0037266441     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.201267.x     Document Type: Article

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