Dynamics and geometry of extratropical cyclones in the upper troposphere by a neighbor enclosed area tracking algorithm

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8641-8653

  Inatsu, Masaru ^a   Amada, Shotaro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Synoptic climatology; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GEOMETRY; STORMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ARCTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; BACKGROUND FLOW; CLASSIFIEDS; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TRACKING ALGORITHM; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WAVEBREAKING;

TROPOSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84886248255     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00379.1     Document Type: Article

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