A potential vorticity view of synoptic development
Abstract A physical discussion of vorticity and its change by stretching and tilting is presented. The discussion naturally leads on to the conservation of quasi‐geostrophic potential vorticity, q, and the flow associated with anomalies in q. The extension to full potential vorticity (PV) and the as...
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crwiley:10.1017/s1350482797000716 2024-09-15T18:22:57+00:00 A potential vorticity view of synoptic development Hoskins, Brian 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1350482797000716 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1017%2FS1350482797000716 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/S1350482797000716 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Meteorological Applications volume 4, issue 4, page 325-334 ISSN 1350-4827 1469-8080 journal-article 1997 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1017/s1350482797000716 2024-08-30T04:10:05Z Abstract A physical discussion of vorticity and its change by stretching and tilting is presented. The discussion naturally leads on to the conservation of quasi‐geostrophic potential vorticity, q, and the flow associated with anomalies in q. The extension to full potential vorticity (PV) and the associated conservation and inversion properties is made. The use for illustrating and understanding synoptic developments of maps of PV on isentropic surfaces and potential temperature (θ) on PV surfaces is shown by considering two recent examples in the North Atlantic–Europe regions. The first is a summer situation and the second is the major blocking in January 1996. Concluding comments about the role of diabatic processes and other possible uses of these diagnostics are made. Copyright © 1997 Royal Meteorological Society Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Wiley Online Library Meteorological Applications 4 4 325 334 |
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Abstract A physical discussion of vorticity and its change by stretching and tilting is presented. The discussion naturally leads on to the conservation of quasi‐geostrophic potential vorticity, q, and the flow associated with anomalies in q. The extension to full potential vorticity (PV) and the associated conservation and inversion properties is made. The use for illustrating and understanding synoptic developments of maps of PV on isentropic surfaces and potential temperature (θ) on PV surfaces is shown by considering two recent examples in the North Atlantic–Europe regions. The first is a summer situation and the second is the major blocking in January 1996. Concluding comments about the role of diabatic processes and other possible uses of these diagnostics are made. Copyright © 1997 Royal Meteorological Society |
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