Simulations of topographically forced mesocyclones in the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 302-316

  Heinemann, Günther ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MESOCYCLONES;

STORMS;

COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; KATABATIC FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ROSS SEA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0042178313     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0302:SOTFMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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