Aircraft measurements of potential vorticity and Richardson number in baroclinic zones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 531, 1996, Pages 721-735

  Vaughan, G ^a   Pepler, S J ^a   McKenna, D S ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; Frontal zones; Gravity waves; Ozone; Potential vorticity; Richardson number

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE OBSERVATION; BAROCLINIC ZONE; GRAVITY WAVE; OZONE MIXING RATIO; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

EID: 0029729464     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53107     Document Type: Article

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