A conceptual model for the identification of active red sea trough synoptic events over the southeastern mediterranean

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 962-971

  Krichak, Simon O ^a   Breitgand, Joseph S ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Regional effects; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE PATTERN; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DATA ARCHIVES; DRY WEATHERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; HUMAN SOCIETY; IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; KEY FEATURE; LOW PRESSURES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; REANALYSIS; RED SEA; REGIONAL EFFECTS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84864841819     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0223.1     Document Type: Article

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