A refined Hovmöller diagram

Olivia Martius; Cornelia Schwierz; Huw C. Davies

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00172.x

A refined Hovmöller diagram

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Volume 58 (2006): Issue 2

By: Olivia Martius, Cornelia Schwierz and Huw C. Davies

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|Jan 2006

Abstract

A refinement is proposed to the conventional Hovmäoller diagram. The rationale is set out for the refined approach, a description provided of its design, and examples presented to illustrate its value as a diagnostic tool. It is shown that it can depict the dynamical characteristics of synoptic-scale disturbances as they evolve on a meandering tropopause-level waveguide, and in particular it can detect wave-breaking events, cut-off formation and vortex re-connection.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00172.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 221 - 226

Submitted on: Apr 15, 2005

Accepted on: Oct 24, 2005

Published on: Jan 1, 2006

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 2006 Olivia Martius, Cornelia Schwierz, Huw C. Davies, published by Stockholm University Press
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