Scenarios in the development of Mediterranean cyclones

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-65

  Romem, M ^a   Ziv, B ^b   Saaroni, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TRACKING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAHARA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547569394     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-12-59-2007     Document Type: Article

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