Mechanisms leading to singular-vector growth fro FASTEX cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 579, 2002, Pages 131-148

  Montani, A ^a   Thorpe, A J ^a  

^a ARPA SMR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balance dynamics; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV);

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0036149964     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/00359000260498824     Document Type: Article

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