The dynamics of a polar low assessed using potential vorticity inversion

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 641, 2009, Pages 880-893

  Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Gray, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attribution; Case study; Cyclone

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTION; CASE-STUDY; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; PIECEWISE POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; POLAR LOWS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THREE STAGES; TWO STAGE; WIND INDUCED SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT FLOW; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 70149087950     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.411     Document Type: Article

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