Layer-wise attribution of vertical motion and the influence of potential-vorticity anomalies on synoptic development

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 591 PART B, 2003, Pages 1761-1778

  Dixon, M A G ^a   Thorpe, A J ^a   Browning, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis; Cyclone classification; FASTEX

Indexed keywords

STORMS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VORTEX FLOW;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV);

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; FASTEX; METHODOLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0038684985     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.83     Document Type: Article

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