Objective identification of frontal wave cyclones
Open Access
- 29 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Meteorlogical Applications
- Vol. 4 (4) , 311-315
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s135048279700073x
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. Copyright © 1997 Royal Meteorological SocietyKeywords
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