Using large-scale diagnostic quantities to investigate change in East Coast Lows

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2443-2453

  Ji, Fei ^a   Evans, Jason P ^b   Argueso, Daniel ^b   Fita, Lluis ^b,c   Di Luca, Alejandro ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

East Coast Lows (ECLs); Geostrophic vorticity (GV); Isentropic potential vorticity (IPV); NARCliM

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84946479880     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2481-9     Document Type: Article

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