Analysis of the slope of isentropic surfaces and its tendencies over the North Atlantic

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Papritz, Lukas, Spengler, Thomas
• Other Authors: ETH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Labrador Sea; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2605; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.2605; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.2605; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/qj.2605; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.2605

The maintenance of baroclinicity along mid‐ and high‐latitude storm tracks is a matter of ongoing debate. Using an isentropic framework, a novel diagnostic based on the tendency equation for the slope of isentropic surfaces – a measure of the potential for baroclinic development – is presented. The...