Climatology and classification of Spring Saharan cyclone tracks

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-491

  Hannachi, A ^a   Awad, A ^b   Ammar, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Research   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyclone lifecycles; Cyclone tracks; Saharan region; Track clusters

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; STORM TRACK;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; SAHARA;

EID: 79960974704     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0941-9     Document Type: Article

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