Assessing characteristics of Mediterranean explosive cyclones for different data resolution

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 263-275

  Kouroutzoglou, John ^a   Flocas, Helena A ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^b   Keay, Kevin ^b   Hatzaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79960625031     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0390-8     Document Type: Article

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