The Application of Diabatic Heating in Q-Vectors for the Study of a North American Cyclone Event

Crandall, Katie L.; Market, Patrick S.; Lupo, Anthony R.; McCoy, Laurel P.; Tillott, Rachel J.; Abraham, Justin J.

doi:10.1155/2016/2908423

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The Application of Diabatic Heating in Q-Vectors for the Study of a North American Cyclone Event

2016
By Crandall, Katie L. ; Market, Patrick S. ; Lupo, Anthony R. ; ...

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Journal Title:

Advances in Meteorology
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Crandall, Katie L. ; Market, Patrick S. ; Lupo, Anthony R. ; McCoy, Laurel P. ; Tillott, Rachel J. ; Abraham, Justin J.
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NWS (National Weather Service)
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An extended version of the Q-vector form for the Q-equation that includes diabatic (in particular latent) heating in the Q-vector itself is derived and tested for use in analyzing the life-cycle of a midlatitude cyclone that developed over the central United States during 24-26 December 2009. While the inclusion of diabatic heating in the Q-vector Q-equation is not unique to this work, the inclusion of diabatic heating in the Q-vector itself is a unique formulation. Here it is shown that the diabatic Q-vector gives a better representation of the forcing contributing to the life-cycle of the Christmas Storm of 2009 using analyses derived from the 80-km NAM.
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Advances in Meteorology, 2908423.
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https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2908423
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