The influence of the Andes on cutoff lows: A modeling study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1596-1613

  Garreaud, René D ^a   Fuenzalida, Humberto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTROL SIMULATION; CUTOFF LOW (COL) PRESSURE SYSTEM; WEATHER AND RESEARCH FORECASTING (WRF) MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTICITY;

ANDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248392668     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3350.1     Document Type: Article

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