Reanalysis intercomparison of potential vorticity and potential-vorticity-based diagnostics by L. F. Millán, G. L. Manney, G. L. Manney, Z. D. Lawrence, Z. D. Lawrence, Z. D. Lawrence

“…<p>Global reanalyses from data assimilation systems are among the most widely used datasets in weather and climate studies, and potential vorticity (PV) from reanalyses is invaluable for many studies of dynamical and transport processes. …”
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The physics of potential vorticity by Fritz Herbert

“…Among other things, it is shown how the potential vorticity dynamics, as a special case, can be reconstructed from this theorem. …”
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Cyclogenesis diagnosed with potential vorticity by Davis, Christopher A. (Christopher Alfred)

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Gradient evolution for potential vorticity flows by S. Balasuriya

“…Two-dimensional unsteady incompressible flows in which the potential vorticity (PV) plays a key role are examined in this study, through the development of the evolution equation for the PV gradient. …”
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Analytical solutions of the potential vorticity invertibility principle by Matthew T. Masarik, Wayne H. Schubert

Subjects: “…potential vorticity…”
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Potential Vorticity Generation in Breaking Gravity Waves by Michael L. Waite, Nicholas Richardson

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Potential vorticity conservation in upper tropospheric fronts. by Bosart, Lance F

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Mid-tropospheric frontogenesis and potential vorticity behavior, by Bosart, Lance F

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ANALOGS OF POTENTIAL VORTICITY IN ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTING FLUIDS by Palmer, T

Nonconservation of Ertel potential vorticity in hydrogen atmospheres by Gierasch, P, Conrath, B, Read, P

“…A major result is that a generalization of quasigeostrophic potential vorticity is still conserved, and that the para fraction is merely an inert tracer in this regime. …”

Vertical fluxes of potential vorticity and the structure of the thermocline by Marshall, D

‘Preferred Trajectories’ defined by mass and potential vorticity conservation by José Ochoa, Antonio Badan, Julio Sheinbaum, Jorge Castro

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Origin of low-tropospheric potential vorticity in Mediterranean cyclones by A. Scherrmann, H. Wernli, E. Flaounas

“…After cyclogenesis takes place, a large variety of processes are involved in the cyclone’s development, contributing with positive and negative potential vorticity (PV) changes to the lower-tropospheric PV anomalies in the cyclone center. …”
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A Simple Eddy Potential Vorticity Flux Closure by Carsten Eden

Subjects: “…potential vorticity mixing…”
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The implications of potential vorticity homogenization for climate and climate sensitivity by Kirk-Davidoff, Daniel Bernard, 1968-

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Potential vorticity of Saturn's polar regions: seasonality and instabilities by Antuñano, A, Del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T, Sánchez-Lavega, A, Read, P, Fletcher, L

“…We analyze the potential vorticity of Saturn's polar regions, as it is a fundamental dynamical tracer that enables us to improve our understanding of the dynamics of these regions and their seasonal variability. …”

Ertel potential vorticity versus Bernoulli streamfunction on Mars by Dowling, T, Bradley, M, Du, J, Lewis, S, Read, P

“…Scatter plots of Ertel potential vorticity, Q, versus Bernoulli streamfunction, B, on potential temperature surfaces, θ, are investigated for Mars using the global Mars Analysis Correction Data Assimilation (MACDA) reanalysis, which spans Mars Year (MY) 24.39 to 27.24. …”

A Framework for Parameterizing Eddy Potential Vorticity Fluxes by Marshall, D, Maddison, J, Berloff, P

“…A framework for parameterizing eddy potential vorticity fluxes is developed that is consistent with conservation of energy and momentum while retaining the symmetries of the original eddy flux. …”

Classification of hemispheric monthly mean stratospheric potential vorticity fields by R. Huth, P. O. Canziani, P. O. Canziani

“…Monthly mean NCEP reanalysis potential vorticity fields at the 650 K isentropic level over the Northern and Southern Hemispheres between 1979 and 1997 were studied using multivariate analysis tools. …”
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Process-based classification of Mediterranean cyclones using potential vorticity by Y. Givon, O. Hess, E. Flaounas, J. L. Catto, M. Sprenger, S. Raveh-Rubin

“…As each process bears a distinct signature on the potential vorticity (PV) field, a PV approach is used to distinguish among different “types” of MCs. …”
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