Hurricane gonzalo and its extratropical transition to a strong European storm

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S51-S55

  Feser, Frauke ^a   Barcikowska, Monika ^b   Haeseler, Susanne ^c   Lefebvre, Christiana ^c   Schubert Frisius, Martina ^a   Stendel, Martin ^d   Von Storch, Hans ^a   Zahn, Matthias ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS;

EXTRATROPICAL STORMS; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84955454518     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00122.1     Document Type: Review

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