Influence of cross-Andes flow on the South American low-level jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1247-1262

  Wang, Hui ^a   Fu, Rong ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLOGENESIS; LOW LEVEL JETS; SYNOPTIC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; JET FLOW; ZONAL FLOW;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842638675     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1247:IOCFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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