Attribution of strong winds to a cold conveyor belt and sting jet

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 679, 2014, Pages 595-610

  Smart, D J ^a   Browning, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Researcher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bent back front; Damaging winds; Extratropical cyclone; Frontal fracture; Mesoscale model; WRF

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; FRACTURE; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BENT-BACK FRONT; DAMAGING WIND; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; MESO-SCALE MODELING; WRF;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GUST; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896043938     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2162     Document Type: Article

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