A case study of atmospheric conditions at 4-19 km over Vandenberg Air Force Base during passage of a cyclone

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-475

  Nastrom, G D ^a   Eaton, F D ^b  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; STORMS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLONE; GRAVITY WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; TURBULENCE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0141761202     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0467:ACSOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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