Dynamical conditions and synoptic tracks associated with different types of cold surge over tropical South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-241

  Pezza, Alexandre Bernardes ^a   Ambrizzi, Tércio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticyclones; Cold surges; Cyclones; Frost; Tracking schemes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROST EFFECTS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; COLD WAVES; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; SURFACE CYCLONES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COLD AIR; COLD FRONT; FROST; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344263335     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1080     Document Type: Article

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