A description of the Ross Ice Shelf air stream (RAS) through the use of self-organizing maps (SOMs)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Seefeldt, Mark W ^a   Cassano, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; STORMS;

AIR STREAMS; ANTARCTIC MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; ROSS ICE SHELVES; ROSS SEA; SEASONALITY; SUMMER MONTHS; WIND SPEED; WINTER MONTHS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; ICE SHELF; MAP; MASS TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; WEATHER STATION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84861128875     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016857     Document Type: Article

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