Spatial influence and oceanic thermal response to Santa Ana events along the Baja California Peninsula

Atmosfera

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-211

  Castro, Ruben ^a   Mascarenhas, A ^a   Martinez Diaz de Leon A ^a   Durazo, R ^a   Gil Silva, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heat fluxes; Meteorological stations; Pacific and Gulf of California; Santa Ana condition

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33746404196     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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