A cold-air cyclogenesis study using a potential vorticity inversion method

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 603 PART B, 2004, Pages 2953-2970

  Lambert, Dominique ^a   Arbogast, Philippe ^b   Cammas, Jean Pierre ^a   Donnadille, Jérôme ^a   Mascart, Patrick ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

ARPEGE model; Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track EXperiment; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 10944250086     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.37     Document Type: Article

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