Environmental influences on cold-season cyclones over the North Pacific Ocean

• Main Author: Danielson, Richard E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2003
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Oceanography; Midwinter; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19723

A quantification of local energy dispersion is employed to distinguish cases of downstream baroclinic development, as described by Orlanski and Sheldon, from among 41 cold-season cyclones that intensified strongly over the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Complete summaries of the eddy energy budget are...