A synoptic climatology of the subtropical kona storm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1502-1517

  Otkin, Jason A ^a   Martin, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CYCLOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; COLD FRONT; CYCLOGENESIS; STRATIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 3042800533     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1502:ASCOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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