<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flocas, H.A.a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kountouris, P.a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kouroutzoglou, J.a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzaki, M.a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keay, K.b c</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simmonds, I.b</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vertical characteristics of cyclonic tracks over the eastern Mediterranean during the cold period of the year</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Theoretical and Applied Climatology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">baroclinic motion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cyclone</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean Region</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">storm track</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tracking</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876433583&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=adc90c59a371122d1a6022c04163c3f5</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3-4</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">112</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">375-388</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The vertical structure of surface cyclonic tracks affecting the eastern Mediterranean region is studied on a climatological basis for the cold period of the year. The dataset used is the 1° × 1° ERA-40 Reanalysis for a 40-year period (1962-2001). The vertical tracking of surface cyclonic tracks was performed with the aid of the Melbourne University Vertical Tracking Algorithm. It was found that about 83 % of the cyclones were extended up to the 500-hPa level and almost 65 % up to 200-hPa level, implying that the cyclones are in general well organized. The surface tracks that originate within the examined area exhibit the smallest vertical extension, intensity, radius, and depth compared to the cyclones originating in the other sectors. Moreover, the 500-hPa counterparts for the said cyclones are mainly located to the north-west or south-west of the surface cyclone position, consistent with the baroclinic character of the Mediterranean cyclones. The zonal (eastward) component of motion predominates both at the surface and at 500 hPa. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cited By (since 1996)0</style></notes></record></records></xml>