A polar low pair over the Norwegian sea

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2559-2575

  Brümmer, Burghard ^a   Müller, Gerd ^a   Noer, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DATA; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; AREAL AVERAGES; BULK PROPERTIES; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD WATER; COLD-AIR OUTBREAKS; CONDENSATION RATES; HEAT BUDGET; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; POLAR LOWS; PROPAGATION SPEED; SEA SURFACES; SPITSBERGEN; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WIND VELOCITIES;

AIRCRAFT; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VAPORS;

AIRCRAFT EXHIBITIONS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COLD AIR; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT BUDGET; JET FLOW; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEE WAVE; RAINBAND; SEA SURFACE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 70350341941     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2864.1     Document Type: Article

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