The role of large-scale atmospheric flow and Rossby wave breaking in the evolution of extreme windstorms over Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Hanley, John ^a   Caballero, Rodrigo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BAROCLINICITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; PEAK INTENSITY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVEBREAKING; WIND STORMS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM; WAVE BREAKING;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869396659     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053408     Document Type: Article

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