The resonant interaction of a tropical cyclone and a tropopause front in a barotropic model. Part I: Zonally oriented front

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-419

  Scheck, Leonhard ^a   Jones, Sarah C ^a   Juckes, Martin ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Fronts; Jets; Numerical analysis modeling; Tropical cyclones; Tropopause; Waves

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MODELS; FRONTAL WAVES; FRONTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; PHASE SPEED; RELATIVE VORTICITY; RESONANT INTERACTION; TRANSLATION SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE; VELOCITY PROFILES; WAVE EXCITATION; WAVE FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; HURRICANES; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROTROPIC WAVE; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE; VORTICITY; WAVE SPECTRUM; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 79955016825     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3482.1     Document Type: Article

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