An investigation into convectively generated potential-vorticity anomalies using a mass-forcing model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1589-1605

  Gray, M E B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostrophic adjustment; Mass transfer; Mesoscale convective systems; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0032716719     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55705     Document Type: Article

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