Synoptic-scale variability of the polar and subpolar tropopause: Data analysis and idealized PV inversions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 585, 2002, Pages 2301-2315

  Zangl G ^a   Wirth, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclone anticyclone asymmetry; Regression analysis; Tropopause dynamics; Tropopause height

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; RADIOSONDES; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPOPAUSE;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CYCLONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0036774874     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.76     Document Type: Article

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