A quasigeostrophic model for moist storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1306-1322

  Laîné, Alexandre ^a   Lapeyre, Guillaume ^a   Rivière, Gwendal ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Latent heating cooling; Northern Hemisphere; Quasigeostrophic models; Sensitivity studies; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

LATENT HEATING/COOLING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODELS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; WAVE BREAKING;

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPHERES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

DATA SET; JET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 79959630809     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3618.1     Document Type: Article

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