Is a real cyclogenesis case explained by generalized linear baroclinic instability?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4287-4308

  Descamps, L ^a   Ricard, D ^a   Joly, Alain ^a   Arbogast, P ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; JETS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS; WIND;

BAROCLINIC ENVIRONMENT; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS;

STORMS;

AERODYNAMICS; JETS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VECTORS; WIND;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 38349083561     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2292.1     Document Type: Article

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