The South American low-level jet experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Vera, Carolina ^a   Baez, J ^b   Douglas, M ^c   Emmanuel, C B ^d   Marengo, J ^e   Meitin, J ^d   Nicolini, M ^a   Nogues Paegle, J ^f   Paegle, J ^f   Penalba, O ^g   Salio, P ^a   Saulo, C ^a   Silva Dias, M A ^e,h   Silva Dias, P ^h   Zipser, E ^f  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b DINAC   (Paraguay)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILING; RAIN GAUGE; WEATHER STATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 32544455134     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-1-63     Document Type: Article

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