On the vertical structure of Mediterranean explosive cyclones

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 155-176

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; TRACKING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84867096300     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0620-3     Document Type: Article

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