The link between cut-off lows and Rossby wave breaking in the Southern Hemisphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 649, 2010, Pages 869-885

  Ndarana, Thando ^a,b   Waugh, Darryn W ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jet stream; Potential vorticity anomaly; Potential vorticity intrusion

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; CUT-OFF LOW; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; JET STREAMS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRESSURE SYSTEM; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATIC STABILITY; SURFACE PROCESS;

ADVECTION; HYDRAULICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VORTEX SHEDDING;

VORTICITY;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOPOTENTIAL; JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WESTERLY;

EID: 77954523027     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.627     Document Type: Article

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