A potential vorticity perspective on the motion of a mid-latitude winter storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Riviere G ^a   Arbogast, P ^a   Lapeyre, G ^b   Maynard, K ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; VORTICITY;

BAROCLINIC; INITIAL STATE; JET AXIS; JET STREAMS; KEY PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; SURFACE CYCLONE; THEORETICAL RESULT; WINTER STORMS;

STORMS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CYCLONE; JET STREAM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM; WINTER;

FRANCE;

EID: 84863316941     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052440     Document Type: Review

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