An early freeze in southern Brazil in April 1999 and its NWP guidance

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-128

  Satyamurty, Prakki ^a   Fonseca, Josiane Ferreira Bustamante ^a   Bottino, Marcus Jorge ^a   Seluchi, Marcelo E ^a   Lourenço, Maria Cristina Maciel ^a   De Gonçalves, Luis Gustavo Gonçalves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SHAPES; COLD AIR OUTBREAK; HIGH PRESSURE CELLS; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGIONAL MODEL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

SNOW;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; FREEZING; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARGENTIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; MATO GROSSO; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PACIFIC OCEAN; URUGUAY;

EID: 0041877702     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702001123     Document Type: Article

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