A comparative analysis of the method of extratropical cyclone identification

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 574-590

  Akperov, M G ^a   Mokhov, I I ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate; Cyclones; Cyclonic activity; Model; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 78650713222     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433810050038     Document Type: Article

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