Convective inhibition beneath an upper-level PV anomaly

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Russell, Andrew ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Norton, E G ^a   Morcrette, C J ^b   Browning, K A ^b   Blyth, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capping inversion; CSIP; Potential vorticity; Tropopause fold

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

CAPPING INVERSION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOPAUSE FOLD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349164443     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.214     Document Type: Article

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