Development and tropical transition of an alpine lee cyclone. Part II: Orographic influence on the development pathway

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2308-2326

  Mctaggart Cowan, Ron ^a   Galarneau Jr , Thomas J ^b   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Milbrandt, Jason A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

ALPINE TERRAIN; BAROCLINIC MODE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CORSICA; CYCLOGENESIS; ENERGY SOURCE; HURRICANE-LIKE VORTICES; INITIAL STATE; LEE CYCLONES; NEAR-SURFACE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RESOLUTION MODELING; SARDINIA; SCALE POTENTIAL; THERMAL WAVE; TROPICAL STORMS; TROPICAL TRANSITION; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH;

LANDFORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALPS; GULF OF GENOA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77955568670     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3148.1     Document Type: Article

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