A numerical, high-resolution study of the life cycle of the severe storm over Denmark on 3 December 1999

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 338-351

  Nielsen, Niels Woetmann ^a   Sass, Bent Hansen ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0042442086     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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