The Norwegian IPY-THORPEX: Polar lows and arctic fronts during the 2008 Andøya Campaign

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1443-1466

  Kristjansson J E ^a   Barstad, I ^b   Aspelien, T ^c   Fore I ^a   Godoy O ^c   Hov, O ^c   Irvine, E ^d   Iversen, T ^c   Kolstad, E ^b   Nordeng, T E ^c   McInnes, H ^a   Randriamampianina, R ^c   Reuder, J ^e   Saetra, O ^c   Shapiro, M ^e,f   Spengler, T ^e,g   Olafsson H ^e,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CIRCLE; ATLANTIC COASTS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MINIMUM PRESSURE; OPERATIONAL MODEL; POLAR LOWS; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION;

OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

EID: 80055090817     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011BAMS2901.1     Document Type: Article

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