Comparison of wave packets associated with extratropical transition and winter cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1782-1803

  Torn, Ryan D ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Rossby waves; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; MECHANICAL WAVES; MOISTURE; WAVE PACKETS;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; MID-LATITUDE STORMS; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OCEAN BASIN; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK;

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

EID: 84944104206     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00006.1     Document Type: Article

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