Reexamination of the near-surface airflow over the Antarctic continent and implications on atmospheric circulations at high southern latitudes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1961-1973

  Parish, Thomas R ^a   Bromwich, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OROGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34249743096     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3374.1     Document Type: Article

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