Quasi-periodic bora gusts related to the structure of the troposphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 598 PART A, 2004, Pages 1103-1121

  Belušić, Danijel ^a   Pasarić, Miroslava ^a   Orlić, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Downslope windstorm; Jet stream; Quasi periodic pulsations

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PULSATILE FLOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STORMS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

PULSATION; QUASI-PERIODIC BORA GUSTS;

TROPOSPHERE;

JET STREAM; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2142817208     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.53     Document Type: Article

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