The amplitude asymmetry between synoptic cyclones and anticyclones: Implications for filtering methods in feature tracking

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3874-3887

  Donohoe, Aaron ^a   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FIELDS; FEATURE-TRACKING; FILTERING METHOD; INHOMOGENEITIES; MEAN FIELD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL FILTERS; SYNOPTIC CYCLONES; TEMPORAL FILTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL;

STORMS;

AMPLITUDE; ANTICYCLONE; ASYMMETRY; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; MAGNITUDE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 70350028760     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2837.1     Document Type: Article

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