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A note on boundary-layer friction in baroclinic cyclones

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 2008-01-31 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

The interaction between extratropical cyclones and the underlying boundary layer has been a topic of recent discussion in papers by Adamson et. al. (2006) and Beare (2007). Their results emphasise different mechanisms through which the boundary layer dynamics may modify the growth of a baroclinic cyclone. By using different sea-surface temperature distributions and comparing the low-level winds, the differences are exposed and both of the proposed mechanisms appear to be acting within a single simulation.

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@article{arxiv.0801.4648,
  title  = {A note on boundary-layer friction in baroclinic cyclones},
  author = {I. A. Boutle and R. J. Beare and S. E. Belcher and R. S. Plant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4648},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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