Analysis of the 13-14 July gulf surge event during the 2004 North American monsoon experiment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3098-3117

  Rogers, Peter J ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE; STORMS; WIND;

INTEGRATED SOUNDING SYSTEMS; KELVIN WAVE; SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DISTURBANCE; KELVIN WAVE; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; STORM SURGE; SURFACE PRESSURE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34249705561     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3450.1     Document Type: Article

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