On the role of a Rossby wave train during the extratropical transition of hurricane Helene (2006)

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 370-386

  Pantillon, F ^a   Chaboureau, J P ^a   Lac, C ^b   Mascart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Diabatic processes; Downstream predictability; Extratropical transition; Horizontal resolution; Mesoscale modelling; Rossby wave train

Indexed keywords

DIABATIC PROCESS; DOWNSTREAM PREDICTABILITY; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE MODELLING; ROSSBY WAVE;

ERRORS; HURRICANES; STORMS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CYCLOGENESIS; DIABATIC PROCESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84875377430     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1974     Document Type: Article

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