Stratospheric influences on tropospheric weather systems

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-344

  Colucci, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC COOLING; BLOCKING ONSET; CYCLOGENESIS; DIABATIC; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERICS; SEA LEVEL;

TROPOSPHERE;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; GEOPOTENTIAL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEA LEVEL; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER;

EID: 77953265466     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3148.1     Document Type: Article

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