Cold fronts with and without prefrontal wind shifts in the central United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2040-2053

  Schultz, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD FRONTS; FRONTOGENESIS; PRESSURE TROUGH; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; WIND SHIFT;

COLD EFFECTS; DEFORMATION; PRESSURE; STORMS; TEMPERATURE; WIND POWER;

METEOROLOGY;

COLD FRONT; CYCLOGENESIS; FRONTOGENESIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND DIRECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444243191     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2040:CFWAWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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