Eastern Antarctic Peninsula precipitation delivery mechanisms: Process studies and back trajectory evaluation

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 214-221

  Russell, Andrew ^a   McGregor, Glenn R ^b   Marshall, Gareth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolleman Island; ERA 40; Moisture transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AVHRR; BACK ANALYSIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAJECTORY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 60149095283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.190     Document Type: Article

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