Effects of a low-level precursor and frontal stability on cyclogenesis during FASTEX IOP17

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 561, 1999, Pages 3415-3437

  Mallet, Isabelle ^b   Arbogast, Philippe ^b   Baehr, Christophe ^b   Cammas, Jean Pierre ^b   Mascart, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deformation; FASTEX; Frontogenesis; Potential vorticity inversion; Secondary cyclone; Stretching

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX; FRONTOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033503723     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56113     Document Type: Article

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