On the co-occurrence of warm conveyor belt outflows and PV streamers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3668-3673

  Madonna, Erica ^a   Limbach, Sebastian ^b   Aebi, Christine ^c   Joos, Hanna ^a   Wernli, Heini ^a   Martius, Olivia ^c  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatology; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

CO-OCCURRENCE; ROSSBY WAVE; WARM CONVEYOR BELTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84907908959     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0119.1     Document Type: Article

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