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Objective identification of frontal wave cyclones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

T D Hewson
T D Hewson
Affiliation:
Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, PO Box 243, Reading RG6 6BB, UK (tdhewson@meteo.gov.uk)
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Abstract

This brief paper further develops the objective front-plotting methodology described in Hewson (1996), to enable the tips of frontal wave cyclones to also be objectively identified. The method embraces a new definition of frontal waves, but is analogous to operational practice in that these waves are located where cold and warm fronts join. It is suggested that for the early stages of cyclonic development the new methodology will perform better than those previously published.

Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 311 - 315
Copyright
© 1997 Meteorological Society

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