Diagnosis of the forcing and structure of the coastal jet near Cape Mendocino using in situ observations and numerical simulations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1455-1468

  Rahn, David A ^a   Parish, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL JET; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; RADAR ALTIMETER; SYNOPTIC FORCING; WIND SPEED;

JET AIRCRAFT;

CORIOLIS FORCE; GPS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; CAPE MENDOCINO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548978393     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2546.1     Document Type: Article

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