The impact of Typhoon Jangmi (2008) on the midlatitude flow. Part I: Upper-level ridgebuilding and modification of the jet

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 2148-2164

  Grams, Christian M ^a,b   Jones, Sarah C ^a,c   Davis, Christopher A ^d   Harr, Patrick A ^e   Weissmann, Martin ^f,g  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baroclinic zone; COSMO; Diabatic processes; Extratropical transition; Midlatitude jet; Outflow; Potential vorticity; PV inversion; T PARC; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC ZONES; COSMO; DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; MIDLATITUDES; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PV INVERSION; T-PARC; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

METADATA; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

HURRICANES;

BAROCLINIC MODE; DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET FLOW; OUTFLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; TYPHOON;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84890243656     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2091     Document Type: Article

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