A new perspective on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4108-4129

  Hoskins, B J ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (CO); POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (SH) STORM TRACKS;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 28244438410     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3570.1     Document Type: Article

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