The evolution and dynamical role of reduced upper-tropospheric potential vorticity in intensive observing period one of FASTEX

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1817-1834

  Pomroy, Hannah R ^a   Thorpe, Alan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033912090     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1817:TEADRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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