A dynamical investigation of the May 2004 McMurdo Antarctica severe wind event using AMPS

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-26

  Steinhoff, Daniel F ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a   Lambertson, Michelle ^a   Knuth, Shelley L ^b   Lazzara, Matthew A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

BARRIER JET; DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORMS; SYNOPTIC-SCALE CYCLONE;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CYCLONE; JET FLOW; PREDICTION; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 39749101759     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1999.1     Document Type: Article

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