The dynamics of a midlatitude cyclone with very strong latent-heat release

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 596 PART A, 2004, Pages 295-323

  Ahmadi Givi, F ^a   Graig, G C ^a   Plant, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis; FASTEX; Potential vorticity inversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

LATENT-HEAT RELEASE; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV);

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; FASTEX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

CYCLOGENESIS; FASTEX; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIAL-VORTICITY INVERSION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0442312375     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.226     Document Type: Article

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