A sidelong look at storm tracks

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 69-74

  James, I N ^a   Burkhardt, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eddies; Hovmoeller plot; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

EDDY; STORM TRACK; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33749002269     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.134     Document Type: Article

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