The New York bight jet: Climatology and dynamical evolution

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2385-2404

  Colle, Brian A ^a   Novak, David R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hydrometeorological Prediction Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Coastlines; Jets; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

COASTLINES; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; JET FORMATION; JET TRACES; MOMENTUM BUDGET; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; OFFSHORE BUOYS; TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS; WARM SEASONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DOPPLER RADAR; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW YORK BIGHT;

EID: 77955565276     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3231.1     Document Type: Article

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