Strong downslope wind events in Ammassalik, Southeast Greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 977-993

  Oltmanns, M ^a   Straneo, F ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Mernild, S H ^c,d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Centro de Estudios Científicios   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FLOW CONVERGENCE; GRADIENT ACCELERATION; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS; HURRICANE INTENSITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND;

HURRICANES; SEA ICE; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

AIRFLOW; BUOYANCY; COLD AIR; CONVERGENCE; FJORD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEVERE WEATHER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 84893191218     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00067.1     Document Type: Article

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