Potential vorticity diagnosis of a tropopause polar cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1358-1371

  Cavallo, Steven M ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT VORTICES; COMPONENTWISE; DIABATIC; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ESSENTIAL DYNAMICS; GROWTH PHASE; HUDSON BAY; INTENSITY CHANGE; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RADIATIONAL COOLING; VORTEX CORES;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; VORTICITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLAR REGION; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

PEPPER GOLDEN MOSAIC VIRUS - [MEXICO];

EID: 68249153487     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2670.1     Document Type: Article

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