Low-level jets over the Mid-Atlantic States: Warm-season climatology and a case study

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 194-209

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Zhang, Shunli ^a   Weaver, Scott J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

LOW-LEVEL JETS; WARM-SEASON CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASON; WIND PROFILE;

APPALACHIANS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646549598     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2313.1     Document Type: Article

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