The Role of Rossby-Wave Propagation in a North American Extreme Cold Event

The Eliassen–Palm flux and Plumb wave activity flux are calculated using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis daily dataset to determine the propagation of Rossby waves before a North American cold wave in January 2014. The results show that the upward wave activ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chunhua Shi, Ting Xu, Hui Li, Yannan Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4635849