Evolution and structure of two severe cyclonic bora events: Contrast between the northern and Southern Adriatic

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 946-964

  Horvath, Kristian ^a   Ivatek Šahdan, Stjepan ^a   Ivančan Picek, Branka ^a   Grubišić, Vanda ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; LOW LEVEL JET; MACRO SCALE; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; OPTIMAL SETS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

JETS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GUST; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; SEVERE WEATHER; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADRIATIC SEA; BALKANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 74549144947     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222174.1     Document Type: Article

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