Calculated height tendencies in two southern hemisphere blocking and cyclone events: The contribution of diabatic heating to block intensification

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3568-3578

  Tilly, Douglas E ^a,b   Lupo, Anthony R ^a   Melick, Christopher J ^a   Market, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIABATIC HEATING; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE CYCLONES; VORTICITY ADVECTION;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

EID: 53649087842     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2374.1     Document Type: Article

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