Control parameters for the influence of a mesoscale mountain range on cyclone track continuity and deflection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1849-1866

  Lin, Yuh Lang ^a   Chen, Shu Yun ^a   Hill, Christopher M ^a   Huang, Ching Yuang ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

CYCLONE TRACK; MESOSCALE MOUNTAIN RANGE; TRACK CONTINUITY AND DEFLECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLONE; MOUNTAIN REGION;

EID: 17344371357     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3439.1     Document Type: Article

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