Date of Award

1-1-2017

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, vii, 218 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Lance F Bosart

Committee Members

Kristen L Corbosiero, Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Christopher D. Thorncroft

Keywords

PV Streamers, Tropical Cyclones, Tropical-Extratropical interactions, Cyclones, Tropospheric circulation, Vortex-motion

Subject Categories

Atmospheric Sciences

Abstract

This dissertation examines the climatological occurrence of potential vorticity streamers (PVSs) during the tropical cyclone (TC) season that occur in the upper troposphere in the North Atlantic (NATL) basin, assessing how their variations in frequency, area, and intensity impact the synoptic environment, how they are induced by different synoptic-dynamic patterns, and how they modify TC activity and genesis pathways.

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