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Research article
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06 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 06 Jul 2021
| 06 Jul 2021
Potential-vorticity dynamics of troughs and ridges within Rossby wave packets during a 40-year reanalysis period
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Michael Riemer
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
Rossby wave packets impact all aspects of midlatitude weather systems, from their climatological distribution to predictability. Case studies suggest an important role of latent heat release in clouds. We investigate thousands of wave packets with a novel diagnostic. We demonstrate that, on average, the impact of moist processes is substantially different between troughs and ridges and that dry conceptual models of wave packet dynamics should be extended.
Rossby wave packets impact all aspects of midlatitude weather systems, from their climatological...
