Warm conveyor belts in the ERA-Interim Dataset (1979-2010). Part I: Climatology and potential vorticity evolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-26

  Madonna, Erica ^a   Wernli, Heini ^a   Joos, Hanna ^a   Martius, Olivia ^b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatology; Extratropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; ICE WATER CONTENT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WARM CONVEYOR BELTS;

BELT CONVEYORS; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84892450411     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00720.1     Document Type: Article

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