The key role of diabatic processes in modifying the upper-tropospheric wave guide: A North Atlantic case-study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 661, 2011, Pages 2174-2193

  Grams, Christian M ^a   Wernli, Heini ^b   Böttcher, Maxi ^b   Čampa, Jana ^c   Corsmeier, Ulrich ^a   Jones, Sarah C ^a   Keller, Julia H ^a   Lenz, Claus Jürgen ^a   Wiegand, Lars ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabatic processes; Extratropical cyclone; Extratropical transition; Hurricane Hanna; Potential vorticity; Rossby waves; Warm conveyor belt

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WARM CONVEYOR BELT;

BELT CONVEYORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; GYRATORS; HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC MODE; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960703335     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.891     Document Type: Article

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