An air mass with high potential vorticity preceding the formation of the Marcus Convergence Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Sato, Naoki ^a   Sakamoto, K ^b   Takahashi, M ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR MASS; MARCUS CONVERGENCE ZONE (MCZ); POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); UPPER COLD LOWS (UCLS);

METEOROLOGY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 27544501378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023572     Document Type: Article

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