Major extratropical cyclones of the northwest United States: Historical review, climatology, and synoptic environment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2499-2527

  Mass, Clifford ^a   Dotson, Brigid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; HISTORICAL REVIEW; LARGE-SCALE EVOLUTION; MAJOR EVENTS; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; SYNOPTIC COMPOSITES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VERTICAL STABILITY; WASHINGTON STATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE; JET; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77958450539     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3213.1     Document Type: Article

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