Numerical diagnosis of a small, quasi-tropical cyclone over the western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs. boundary factors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 590 PART A, 2003, Pages 1469-1490

  Homar, V ^a   Romero, R ^a   Stensrud, D J ^b   Ramis, C ^a   Alonso, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Cyclogenesis; Factor separation; Potential vorticity inversion

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CYCLOGENESIS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TORNADO; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0037542836     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.91     Document Type: Article

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