The full life cycle of a polar low over the Norwegian Sea observed by three research aircraft flights

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 660, 2011, Pages 1659-1673

  Føre, Ivan ^a   Kristjánsson, Jón Egill ^a   Saetra, Øyvind ^b   Breivik, Øyvind ^b   Røsting, Bjørn ^b   Shapiro, Melvyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

IPY THORPEX; Polar lows; PV inversion; Research aircraft measurements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WIND;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; IPY-THORPEX; POLAR LOWS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; PV INVERSION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; COLD AIR; JET FLOW; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOPAUSE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 80052543811     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.825     Document Type: Article

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