FRONTS AND FRONTAL WAVES OVER THE SOUTHERN CONE

Numerous cold fronts associated with mature extratropical storms sweep the coast of Chile every year. The large expanses of the Southern Pacific Ocean offer an ideal setting for up to 4000-km long cold fronts to develop as their parent cyclones travel from Australia to South America. These fronts so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jérôme Patoux, Robert A. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Concepción 2004-01-01
Series:Gayana
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382004000300028