The low-level jet off the west coast of subtropical South America: Structure and variability

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2246-2261

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Munñoz, Ricardo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

SOUTHERLY JET EVENTS; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; SURFACE WIND CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JET;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944586263     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2972.1     Document Type: Article

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