Modified Ertel's potential vorticity as a climate variable

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 822-835

  Kurgansky, M V ^a   Pisnichenko, I A ^a,b,c  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC VORTICITY CHARGE; POTENTIAL VORTIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0034103483     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0822:MESPVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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