Improving simulations of severe winter storms by initial modification of potential vorticity in sensitive regions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 621, 2006, Pages 2625-2652

  Røsting, Bjorn ^a   Kristjansson J E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Singular vector analysis; Water vapour images

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SINGULAR VECTORS; WATER VAPOUR IMAGES; WINTER STORMS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SIMULATION; STORM; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846889272     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.188     Document Type: Article

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