Synergism between the low-level jet and organized convection at its exit region

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1310-1326

  Saulo, Celeste ^a   Ruiz, Juan ^a   García Skabar, Yanina ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

LOW-LEVEL JET; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER;

JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIABATIC PROCESS; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OSCILLATION; SYNERGISM;

EID: 34248366970     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3317.1     Document Type: Article

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