The life cycle of upper-level troughs and ridges: a novel detection method, climatologies and Lagrangian characteristics

A novel method is introduced to identify and track the life cycle of upper-level troughs and ridges. The aim is to close the existing gap between methods that detect the initiation phase of upper-level Rossby wave development and methods that detect Rossby wave breaking and decaying waves. The prese...

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Published in:Weather and Climate Dynamics
Main Authors: Schemm, Sebastian, Rüdisühli, Stefan, Sprenger, Michael
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-459-2020
https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/1/459/2020/