Interactions between a submesoscale anticyclonic vortex and a front

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1802-1818

  Chavanne, Cédric ^a   Flament, Pierre ^a   Gurgel, Klaus Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageostrophic circulations; Convergence divergence; Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Fronts; Vortices

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATIONS; CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE; CYCLOGENESIS/CYCLOLYSIS; FRONTS; VORTICES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

VORTEX FLOW;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ANTICYCLONE; CONVERGENCE; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DOPPLER RADAR; ENTRAINMENT; FRONTOGENESIS; INERTIA; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC FRONT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955704140     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4055.1     Document Type: Article

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