The synoptic regulation of dryline intensity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1699-1709

  Schultz, David M ^a,d,e   Weiss, Christopher C ^b   Hoffman, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; STATISTICS; STORMS; WIND;

AIRSTREAM BOUNDARY; DRYLINE INTENSITY; SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; DEW POINT; JET STREAM; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249690100     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3376.1     Document Type: Article

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