Diagnosis of mid-latitude synoptic development : a review, and a case study of a developing cyclone
Part I of this thesis is a review of methods for diagnosing synoptic development. Emphasis is placed on the use of the quasi-geostrophic (QG) ω-equation, and on a physical interpretation of the forcing of vertical motion in the QG system. Both the Q-vector formulation (Hoskins, <i>et.al</i&...
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University of Edinburgh
1991
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.651690 |