A method for quantifying the impacts and interactions of potential-vorticity anomalies in extratropical cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 385-402

  Romero, Rumo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Potential vorticity anomalies; PV thinking; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; LATENT HEAT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC SYSTEMS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; POTENTIAL-VORTICITY ANOMALIES; THERMAL FIELD; TROPOPAUSE;

STORMS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NONLINEARITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 44349090274     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.219     Document Type: Article

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