An extratropical cyclone atlas a tool for illustrating cyclone structure and evolution characteristics

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1497-1502

  Dacre, H F ^a   Hawcroft, M K ^a   Stringer, M A ^a   Hodges, K I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Earth Observation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PATTERN; COMPOSITE FIELDS; COMPOSITING; CYCLONE CENTER; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PROPAGATION SPEED; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

STORMS;

EID: 84867821353     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00164.1     Document Type: Article

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