Climatology and variability of Southern Hemisphere marine cold-air outbreaks

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Kolstad, Erik W ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD AIR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEVERE WEATHER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 77955243212     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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