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Frontal Forcing

Frontal Forcing is a synoptic-scale meteorological mechanism characterized by the lifting of warm, moist air ahead of an advancing frontal boundary, where the contrast in air mass properties and associated horizontal wind convergence initiate deep convection through dynamic ascent.

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Extratropical Forcing of Tropical Pacific Convection during Northern Winter

George N. Kiladis, Klaus M. Weickmann · Monthly Weather Review · 1992 · 166 citations · Full text

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The atmospheric frontal response to SST perturbations in the Gulf Stream region

Rhys Parfitt, Arnaud Czaja, Shoshiro Minobe et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2016 · 136 citations · Full text

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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF AN INTENSE SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE

Frederick Sanders · Journal of Meteorology · 1955 · 121 citations

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A Two-Dimensional Primitive Equation Model of Frontogenesis Forced by Confluence and Horizontal Shear

Daniel Keyser, Michael J. Pecnick · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1985 · 76 citations · Full text

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The Structure and Evolution of a Continental Winter Cyclone. Part II: Frontal Forcing of an Extreme Snow Event

Jonathan E. Martin · Monthly Weather Review · 1998 · 62 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DK
    Daniel Keyser

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  2. JE
    Jonathan E. Martin

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  3. CF
    Clifford F. Mass

    University of Washington, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. KK
    Klaus Keuler

    Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. AK
    Akira Kuwano‐Yoshida

    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan

    1 publications · 136 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    283 citations

  2. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  3. Bureau of Meteorology

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    71 citations

  4. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    88 citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  7. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Bío-Bío

    Concepción, Chile

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    6 publications · 295 citations

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    3 publications · 118 citations

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  4. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  5. Journal of Climate

    2 publications · 76 citations

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