The relation of moist symmetric instability and upper-level potential-vorticity anomalies to the observed evolution of cloud heads

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 581, 2002, Pages 839-859

  Dixon, R S ^a   Browning, K A ^a   Shutts, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Rapid cyclogenesis; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FLOW PATTERNS; SATELLITES; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES;

MOIST SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY;

METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLOUD; CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036541003     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/0035900021643719     Document Type: Article

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