The impact of Typhoon Jangmi (2008) on the midlatitude flow. Part II: Downstream evolution

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 2165-2180

  Grams, Christian M ^a,b   Jones, Sarah C ^a,c   Davis, Christopher A ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extratropical transition; Potential vorticity; Predictability; PV inversion; Rossby wave train; T PARC; Track uncertainty; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PREDICTABILITY; PV INVERSION; ROSSBY WAVE; T-PARC; TRACK UNCERTAINTY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MECHANICAL WAVES; STORMS;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

EID: 84890192795     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2119     Document Type: Article

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