Long-lived Rossby wave trains as precursors to strong winter cyclones over Europe

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 680, 2014, Pages 729-737

  Wirth, V ^a   Eichhorn, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite analysis; Rossby waves; Statistical predictability; Strong winter cyclones; Wave packets

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PACKETS;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE SURFACE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ROSSBY WAVE; STATISTICAL PREDICTABILITY; SURFACE PRESSURES; WINTER CYCLONES;

STORMS;

CYCLONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROSSBY WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84899482132     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2191     Document Type: Article

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