Project on Frontogenesis

The goal of the project on frontogenesis is to develop a theory for the formation of fronts taking into account the transient non-modal nature of the frontogenesis process.

Publications

Montgomery, M. B., and B. F. Farrell, 1990: Dry surface frontogenesis associated with interior potential vorticity anomalies in a semi-geostrophic model. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 2837-2852. pdf

Montgomery, M. B., and B. F. Farrell, 1991: Moist surface frontogenesis associated with interior potential vorticity anomalies in a semi- geostrophic model. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 343-367. pdf