Diagnosis of a polar low warm core utilizing the advanced microwave sounding unit

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 700-711

  Moore, Richard W ^a   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^b  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Coop Inst for Res in the Atmosph ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNITS (AMSU); BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; POLAR FRONT; STORM TRACK; WARM FRONT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0345330094     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)018<0700:DOAPLW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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