Can CAPE maintain polar lows?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2559-2571

  Linders, Torsten ^a,b   Saetra, Øyvind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Dropsondes; Instability; Polar lows

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; DATA SETS; DROPSONDES; ENERGY FLUXES; ENERGY RESERVOIRS; INSTABILITY; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; NORDIC SEAS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; POLAR LOWS; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERICS;

STABILITY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA SET; ENERGY FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 77958544012     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3131.1     Document Type: Article

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