A note on boundary-layer friction in baroclinic cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 629 B, 2007, Pages 2137-2141

  Boutle, I A ^a   Beare, R J ^b   Belcher, S E ^a   Plant, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroclinic generation; Cyclogenesis; Ekman pumping; Friction velocity; Potential vorticity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC GENERATION; CYCLOGENESIS; EKMAN PUMPING; FRICTION VELOCITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

STORMS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; EKMAN PUMPING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FRICTION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 38849113242     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.179     Document Type: Article

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