Modulation of tropical convection by breaking Rossby waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 638, 2009, Pages 125-137

  Allen, Grant ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Brunner, D ^b   May, P T ^c   Heyes, W ^a   Minnis, P ^d   Ayers, J K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Rossby waves; Stratosphere to troposphere exchange; Tropopause fold

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DEEP CONVECTION; DRY SLOT; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICS; HIGH MOISTURE; IN-BETWEEN; LEADING EDGE; MIDLATITUDE; OZONE SONDES; RAIN GAUGES; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE ACTIVITY; ROSSBY WAVES; SATELLITE IMAGES; STRATOSPHERE TO TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPICAL CLOUDS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL DROUGHT; TROPOPAUSE FOLD; WIDE AREA;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MODULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TROPICS;

CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649442682     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.349     Document Type: Article

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