Improving the numerical prediction of a cyclone in the Mediterranean by local potential vorticity modifications

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 641, 2009, Pages 865-879

  Argence, Sébastien ^a,b   Lambert, Dominique ^a   Richard, Evelyne ^a   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^a   Arbogast, Philippe ^c   Maynard, Karine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Numtech   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Mesoscale dynamics; METEOSAT 7 water vapour imagery; PV inversion

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CYCLOGENESIS; GLOBAL MODELS; MESOSCALE DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOSAT; METEOSAT-7 WATER VAPOUR IMAGERY; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PV INVERSION; SURFACE PRESSURES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; IMAGERY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; NUMERICAL METHOD; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 70149112097     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.422     Document Type: Article

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