Diagnostic Analysis of the Generative Mechanism of Extratropical Cyclones in the Northwest Pacific and Northwest Atlantic

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Qinglong Gong, Yina Diao, Ruipeng Sun, Xuejun Xiong, Jilin Sun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: extratropical cyclones; Z–O equation; vorticity advection; temperature advection; adiabatic heating; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Pacific; Tilting; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101326; https://doaj.org/article/3ed0ef253c2245c396a0ef0d077e8e7f

We investigated the early-stage development of cyclones occurring in the strong baroclinic regions in the Northwest Pacific and the Northwest Atlantic based on European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis-Interim (ERA-Interim) data. The composite background conditions corresponding...