Synoptic activity in the seas around Antarctica

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 272-288

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Keay, Kevin ^a   Lim, Eun Pa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS;

SUBANTARCTIC CYCLONES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0043180479     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0272:SAITSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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