Non-Convective High Winds Associated with Extratropical Cyclones

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-89

  Knox, John A ^a   Frye, John D ^b   Durkee, Joshua D ^c   Fuhrmann, Christopher M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOPAUSE; WIND;

EID: 79551513222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00395.x     Document Type: Review

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