Observations and forecasts from the landfall of tropical cyclones John, Lane, and Paul (2006) over Northwestern Mexico

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1373-1393

  Farfán, Luis M ^a   Romero Centeno, Rosario ^b   Raga, G B ^b  

^a Unidad La Paz Centro de Investigación Científica   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAJA CALIFORNIA; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; INTENSITY CHANGE; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE; TOTAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

ERRORS; FORECASTING; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; TRACKING RADAR;

HURRICANES;

COASTAL PLAIN; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874838009     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00108.1     Document Type: Article

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