Potential vorticity (PV)
Baroclinic instability
Mathematics of baroclinic instability
Different types of baroclinic cyclones
Cyclogenesis and storm track climatology
Stull's book chapter on baroclinic cyclones
- Basic overview on potential vorticity
- Potential vorticity in incompressible atmosphere
- Definition of potential vorticity by the AMS
Baroclinic instability
- Basic overview on baroclinic instability
- Cyclogenesis and Peterssen's Rule
- Atmosphere's energy cycle
- Video lecture on baroclinic instability, cyclogenesis, and the energy cycle. Audio only.
Mathematics of baroclinic instability
Different types of baroclinic cyclones
Cyclogenesis and storm track climatology
- University of Wisconsin extratropical cyclone atlas (see figures starting on page 16)
- Stull's synthesized climatology
- East Coast winter storm climatology (Journal of Climate paper by Hirsch et al.)
- NASA's storm track atlas (optional material)
- Detailed cyclone climatology (optional material)
- Video lecture on polar bombs, "Northeasters", and cyclone climatology. Audio only.
Stull's book chapter on baroclinic cyclones
- Stull's book chapter (optional material)