Dropsonde observations in low-level jets over the northeastern Pacific Ocean from CALJET-1998 and PACJET-2001: Mean vertical-profile and atmospheric-river characteristics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 889-910

  Ralph, F Martin ^a   Neiman, Paul J ^a   Rotunno, Richard ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; JETS; KINEMATICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; LOW-LEVEL-JETS (LLJ); OROGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

JET FLOW; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIOSONDE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); WORLD;

EID: 18544370549     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2896.1     Document Type: Article

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