CycloTRACK (v1.0)-tracking winter extratropical cyclones based on relative vorticity: Sensitivity to data filtering and other relevant parameters

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1841-1853

  Flaounas, E ^a   Kotroni, V ^b   Lagouvardos, K ^b   Flaounas, I ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TRACKING; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

EID: 84907189299     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-1841-2014     Document Type: Article

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