Release of potential shearing instability in warm frontal zones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 558, 1999, Pages 2265-2289

  Chapman, D ^b   Browning, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler radar; Kelvin Helmholtz billows; Mesoscale model; Mixing; Shearing instability; Warm front

Indexed keywords

FRONTAL FEATURE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

EID: 0032740919     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55814     Document Type: Article

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