Genesis and maintenance of "Mediterranean hurricanes"

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 217-220

  Emanuel, K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

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EID: 33748042012     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-2-217-2005     Document Type: Article

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