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Research article
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01 Feb 2024
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2024
| 01 Feb 2024
The relation between Rossby wave-breaking events and low-level weather systems
Talia Tamarin-Brodsky
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Nili Harnik
Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Influence of ENSO on the seasonal and extreme characteristics of ridges over Pacific-Western North American region X. Bai et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-025-07961-9
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Short summary
Synoptic waves in the atmosphere tend to follow a typical Rossby wave lifecycle, involving a linear growth stage followed by nonlinear and irreversible Rossby wave breaking (RWB). Here we take a new approach to study RWB events and their fundamental relation to weather systems by combining a storm-tracking technique and an RWB detection algorithm. The synoptic-scale dynamics leading to RWB is then examined by analyzing time evolution composites of cyclones and anticyclones during RWB events.
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