Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Stream meanders

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2177-2191

  Young, George S ^a   Sikora, Todd D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

CLOUD PATTERN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141975273     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2177:MSBCBG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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