A long-term climatology of southerly and northerly low-level jets for the central United States

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-552

  Walters, Claudia K ^a   Winkler, Julie A ^b   Shadbolt, Ryan P ^b   van Ravensway, Jenni ^b   Bierly, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central United States; Climatology; Low level jet

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; JET STREAM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41949088781     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600802046387     Document Type: Article

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