The cold front of 15 April 1994 over the central United States. Part I: Observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1525-1543

  Demoz, Belay B ^a   Starr, D O ^a   Evans, K D ^b   Lare, A R ^c   Whiteman, D N ^a   Schwemmer, G ^a   Ferrare, R A ^d   Goldsmith, J E M ^e   Bisson, S E ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c L 3 Government Services Inc   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; RAMAN SCATTERING;

COLD FRONT; RAMAN LIDAR MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR MIXING;

METEOROLOGY;

COLD FRONT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 24944463856     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2932.1     Document Type: Article

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