Diabatic effects on late-winter cold front evolution: Conceptual and numerical model evaluations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1518-1537

  Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Segal, Moti ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DIABATIC PROCESS; FRONTAL FEATURE; FRONTOGENESIS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0345476696     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1518:DEOLWC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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