Sensitivity of a heavy-rain-producing Western Mediterranean cyclone to embedded potential-vorticity anomalies

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 578, 2001, Pages 2559-2597

  Romero, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy rain; Potential vorticity inversion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANAMOLIES;

METEOROLOGY;

ANOMALY; CYCLONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0035489747     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57804     Document Type: Article

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