An event of stratospheric air intrusion and its associated secondary surface cyclogenesis over the South Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Iwabe, Clara Miho Narukawa ^a   Da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfírio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS; BAROCLINIC ZONES; COLD AIR MASS; COLD FRONT; CUT-OFF LOW; CYCLOGENESIS; DRY AIR; EASTERN SIDE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LONG DURATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROPAGATION SPEED; SECONDARY CYCLONE; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN; STRATOSPHERIC AIR INTRUSION; SURFACE CYCLONE; WAVE PATTERNS;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MODE; COLD FRONT; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68249097960     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011119     Document Type: Article

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