An observational and modeling analysis of the landfall of hurricane Marty (2003) in Baja California, Mexico

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2069-2090

  Farfán, Luis M ^a   Cortez, Miguel ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR IMAGING; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE PATTERNS; LANDFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24144456211     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2966.1     Document Type: Article

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