Identifying the characteristics of strong southerly wind events at Casey Station in East Antarctica using a numerical weather prediction system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3548-3561

  Adams, Neil ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; RADIOSONDES; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

COLD AIR DAMMING; KATABATIC WIND EVENTS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION SYSTEM; SURFACE LAYER FLOW; TROPOSPHERIC DYNAMICS FORCING;

METEOROLOGY;

TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 31344460012     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3050.1     Document Type: Article

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