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1. Full Text A Surface Vorticity Panel Method
by Pate, David J and German, Brian J
AIAA Journal, ISSN 0001-1452, 12/2018, Volume 56, Issue 12, pp. 4645 - 4656
In this paper, a new approach is presented for calculating the incompressible flow around a three-dimensional lifting body by modeling the body surface as a... 
INDUCED DRAG | ROTOR | ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE | WINGS | VORTEX | FLOW | Wind tunnel testing | Wind tunnels | Computational fluid dynamics | Fluid flow | Panel method (fluid dynamics) | Potential flow | Three dimensional bodies | Incompressible flow | Three dimensional flow | Vorticity | Solvers | Surface velocity | Three dimensional models
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2. Full Text Inversion of potential vorticity density
by Egger, Joseph and Hoinka, Klaus-Peter and Spengler, Thomas
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, ISSN 0022-4928, 2017, Volume 74, Issue 3, pp. 801 - 807
Inversion of potential vorticity density P-eta* = (omega(a)center dot del eta)/(partial derivative eta/partial derivative Z) with absolute vorticity omega(a)... 
Potential vorticity | Atmospheric circulation | Isentropic analysis | DYNAMICS | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Liquids | Research | Density | Analysis | Vorticity | Absolute vorticity | Inversions | Boundary conditions | Inversion | Two dimensional flow | Potential temperature | Temperature effects | North Pole | Hydrostatic flow | Iterative methods
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3. Full Text Potential vorticity patterns in Mediterranean “hurricanes”
by Miglietta, M. M and Cerrai, D and Laviola, S and Cattani, E and Levizzani, V
Geophysical Research Letters, ISSN 0094-8276, 03/2017, Volume 44, Issue 5, pp. 2537 - 2545
The potential vorticity (PV) anomalies due to the intrusion of dry stratospheric air and those generated by the tropospheric diabatic latent heating are... 
convection | Medicane | potential vorticity | tropical‐like cyclones | tropical-like cyclones | Intrusion | Computer simulation | Troposphere | Potential vorticity | Stratosphere | Aerodynamics | Hurricanes | Upper level potential vorticity | Low level | Convection | Jet streams (meteorology) | Upper level vortexes | Lower troposphere | Heating | Vorticity | Tropical environment | Jet stream | Cyclones | Anomalies
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4. Full Text Cosmic vorticity and the origin halo spins
by Libeskind, Noam I and Hoffman, Yehuda and Steinmetz, Matthias and Gottlöber, Stefan and Knebe, Alexander and Hess, Steffen
Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN 2041-8205, 04/2013, Volume 766, Issue 2, pp. L15 - 5
In the standard model of cosmology, structure emerges out of a non-rotational flow and the angular momentum of collapsing halos is induced by tidal torques.... 
large-scale structure of universe | dark matter | galaxies: halos | cosmology: theory | ANGULAR-MOMENTUM | LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE | TIDAL TORQUES | DARK-MATTER HALOES | HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS | DISK GALAXIES | EVOLUTION | ALIGNMENT | ORIENTATION | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | SATELLITE GALAXIES | Galactic halos | Alignment | Shear | Halos | Phases | Simulation | Vorticity | Angular momentum | VELOCITY | SIMULATION | CARBON MONOXIDE | POTENTIAL FLOW | STANDARD MODEL | COSMOLOGY | NONLUMINOUS MATTER | ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | MASS | GALAXIES | TORQUE | UNIVERSE
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5. Full Text Rotating horizontal convection and the potential vorticity constraint
by Zhang, Y and Chen, C and Zheng, ZG and Wang, W
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, ISSN 0022-1120, 09/2016, Volume 803, pp. 72 - 93
Horizontal convection, with a focus on the essential physics it can disclose for the oceanic overturning circulation, is studied in an annular gap where... 
convection | ABYSSAL CIRCULATION | MECHANICS | WORLD OCEAN | NORTH-ATLANTIC | PLANETARY FLOW PATTERNS | PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS | DRIVEN | MODEL | rotating flows | MOTIONS | ocean circulation | Fluid mechanics | Temperature | Velocity | Vortices | Physics | Meridional flow | Laboratories | Buoyancy | Potential vorticity | Radial flow | Oceanography | Experiments | Convection | Vorticity | Diffusion effects | Cylinders | Boundary layer | Axisymmetric | Ocean circulation | Limiting factors | Fluid | Dye dispersion | Rotation | Flow | Studies | Temperature fields | Heat | Hypotheses | Heating | Contours | Inhomogeneity | Geostrophic flow | Circulation | Barriers | Annular | Boundaries
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6. Full Text Potential vorticity of the Madden-Julian oscillation
by Zhang, Chidong and Ling, Jian
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, ISSN 0022-4928, 01/2012, Volume 69, Issue 1, pp. 65 - 78
This study explores the extent to which the dynamical structure of the Madden Julian oscillation (MJO), its evolution, and its connection to diabatic heating... 
Atmospheric circulation | Precipitation | Deep convection | Dynamics | Heating | Madden-Julian oscillation | Kelvin waves | Potential vorticity | Rossby waves | Large-scale motions | Diabatic heating | LIFE-CYCLE | VARIABILITY | PRECIPITATION | TEMPERATURE | TOGA COARE IOP | TROPICAL CONVECTION | PART II | MODEL | INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | COUPLED EQUATORIAL WAVES | Atmospheric temperature | Analysis | Vorticity | Weather forecasting | Meteorology | Signatures | Atmospherics | Quadrupoles | Anomalies | Madden-Julian Oscillation
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7. Full Text A singular vorticity wave packet within a rapidly rotating vortex: spiralling versus oscillating motions
by Caillol, P
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, ISSN 0022-1120, 08/2019, Volume 873, pp. 688 - 741
This paper considers a free vorticity wave packet propagating within a rapidly rotating vortex in the quasi-steady regime, a long time after the wave packet... 
waves in rotating fluids | HURRICANE | NONLINEAR-WAVES | ROSSBY-WAVES | PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS | POTENTIAL VORTICITY | SECONDARY EYEWALL | PART II | wind-wave interactions | MECHANICS | EVOLUTION | SOLITARY WAVES | critical layers | SIMULATED TROPICAL CYCLONE | Streamlines | Amplitudes | Deformation | Atmospheric pressure | Fluid flow | Three dimensional motion | Wave propagation | Vorticity | Tropical environment | Radar | Helical flow | Radar imaging | Cyclones | Radial velocity | Amplitude | Angular speed | Exact solutions | Hurricanes | Fluxes | Rotation | Velocity | Equations | Tropical cyclones | Asymptotic series | Three dimensional flow | Vortices | Tornadoes
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8. Full Text Potential vorticity dynamics of coastal outflows
by Southwick, O.R and Johnson, E.R and McDonald, N. Robb
Journal of Physical Oceanography, ISSN 0022-3670, 05/2017, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 1021 - 1041
A simple quasigeostrophic model is used to examine the outflow from a river, estuary, or strait into a coastal ocean. As shown by Johnson et al., these... 
Quasigeostrophic models | Potential vorticity | Rivers | Boundary currents | SHELF WATER | VARIABILITY | TRANSPORT | RIVER-PLUME | OCEANOGRAPHY | ROTATING GRAVITY CURRENTS | MOMENTUM IMBALANCE PARADOX | PART 1 | MODEL | FRESH-WATER | LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS | Wind | Estuarine dynamics | Buoyancy | Estuaries | Bathymetry | Mathematics | Tides | Momentum transfer | Solutions | Dynamics | Vorticity | Profiles | Outflow | Mathematical models | Numerical models | Coastal dynamics | Ocean currents | University colleges | Coasts | Computer simulation | Flux | Momentum | Velocity | Investigations | Salinity | Winds | Offshore | Momentum flux | Simulation | Numerical schemes | Eddy currents
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9. Full Text Diabatic processes modifying potential vorticity in a North Atlantic cyclone
by Chagnon, J. M and Gray, S. L and Methven, J
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, ISSN 0035-9009, 07/2013, Volume 139, Issue 674, pp. 1270 - 1282
Potential vorticity (PV) succinctly describes the evolution of large‐scale atmospheric flow because of its material conservation and invertibility properties.... 
tracer diagnostics | model error | diabatic heating | numerical weather prediction | potential vorticity | Potential vorticity | Model error | Numerical weather prediction | Tracer diagnostics | Diabatic heating | SCHEME | PRECIPITATION | CYCLOGENESIS | EVOLUTION | MODEL | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Weather | Nuclear radiation | Conveying machinery | Analysis | Troposphere | Tropospheric circulation | Rain and rainfall | Numerical weather forecasting | Cyclones | Meteorology | Advection | Dipoles | Heating | Tropopause | Vorticity | Belt conveyors | Evolution
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10. Full Text Axisymmetric Potential Vorticity Evolution of Hurricane Patricia (2015)
by Martinez, J and Bell, MM and Rogers, RF and Doyle, JD
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, ISSN 0022-4928, 07/2019, Volume 76, Issue 7, pp. 2043 - 2063
Operational numerical models failed to predict the record-setting rapid intensification and rapid overwater weakening of Hurricane Patricia (2015) in the... 
Variational analysis | PART I | ROSSBY-WAVES | Potential vorticity | INTENSITY | Dropsondes | Radar observations | INNER-CORE | VORTEX | EYE | Mesoscale systems | Tropical cyclones | TEMPERATURE | CYCLONE RAPID INTENSIFICATION | TROPOSPHERIC WINDS | IMPROVEMENTS | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Radars
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11. Full Text Finite-amplitude wave activity and diffusive flux of potential vorticity in eddy-mean flow interaction
by Nakamura, Noboru and Zhu, Da
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, ISSN 0022-4928, 09/2010, Volume 67, Issue 9, pp. 2701 - 2716
An exact diagnostic formalism for finite-amplitude eddy-mean flow interaction is developed for barotropic and quasigeostrophic baroclinic flows on the beta... 
Vorticity | Potential vorticity | Large eddy simulations | Barotropic flows | Eddies | Parameterization | Waves | Baroclinic flows | Numerical analysis/modeling | Atmospheric | BETA-PLANE | GENERAL-CIRCULATION | CONSERVATION | STABILITY | BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY | MODEL | STRATOSPHERE | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | NONLINEAR SATURATION | TRACER TRANSPORT | ATMOSPHERE | Wave propagation | Research | Dynamic meteorology | Atmosphere | Meteorology
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12. Full Text Potential vorticity regimes over East Asia during winter
by Huang, Wenyu and Chen, Ruyan and Wang, Bin and Wright, Jonathon S and Yang, Zifan and Ma, Wenqian
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, ISSN 2169-897X, 02/2017, Volume 122, Issue 3, pp. 1524 - 1544
Nine potential vorticity (PV) regimes over East Asia are identified by applying a Self‐Organizing Map and Hierarchical Ascendant Classification regime analysis... 
potential vorticity regimes | blocking circulation | regime transitions | severe cold spells | East Asian winter monsoon | SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS | COLD SURGES | ARCTIC OSCILLATION | WEATHER REGIMES | MONSOON | TELECONNECTIONS | 500 HPA | CLIMATE-CHANGE | TIME-SCALE | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | ASSOCIATION | Atmospheric circulation | Temperature | Winter | Vortices | Meteorology | Transition probabilities | Cold spells | Temperature preferences | Troposphere | Potential vorticity | Surface temperature | Inversion | Identification | Regressions | Daily | Circulation patterns | Temperature effects | Classification | Vorticity | Winter circulation | Temperature anomalies | Cooling | Cold | Monsoons | Stratosphere | Regression analysis | Transit | Winter monsoon | Baroclinic mode | Fields | Analysis | East Asian monsoon | Circulation | Anomalies | Geophysics
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13. Full Text A potential vorticity‐based index for the East Asian winter monsoon
by Huang, Wenyu and Wang, Bin and Wright, Jonathon S
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, ISSN 2169-897X, 08/2016, Volume 121, Issue 16, pp. 9382 - 9399
A novel dynamically based index that reflects the strength of the regional potential vorticity (PV) intrusion on the 300 K isentropic surface is proposed as a... 
duration of continuous PV intrusion | PV intrusion | East Asian winter monsoon | REANALYSIS PROJECT | VARIABILITY | ARCTIC OSCILLATION | DYNAMICAL INDEX | TEMPERATURE | CIRCULATION | ENSO | PACIFIC | SUMMER MONSOON | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | CLIMATE | Winter | Precipitation | Meteorology | Surface-air temperature relationships | Intrusion | Wind | Snow | Monsoons | Potential vorticity | Surface temperature | Duration | Snowfall | Siberian High | El Nino phenomena | Weather extremes | Winter monsoon | El Nino | Air temperature | Polar environments | Annual variations | Monsoon intensity | Vorticity | East Asian monsoon | Arctic Oscillation | Framework | Estimates | Asian | Strength
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14. Full Text Potential vorticity dynamics of Forecast errors: A quantitative case study
by Baumgart, Marlene and Riemer, Michael and Wirth, Volkmar and Teubler, Franziska and Lang, Simon T.K
Monthly Weather Review, ISSN 0027-0644, 05/2018, Volume 146, Issue 5, pp. 1405 - 1425
Synoptic-scale error growth near the tropopause is investigated from a process-based perspective. Following previous work, a potential vorticity (PV) error... 
Numerical weather prediction/forecasting | Potential vorticity | Rossby waves | Error analysis | Dynamics | Tropopause | WAVE | SCENARIOS | CYCLOGENESIS | PERSPECTIVE | DOWNSTREAM | GROWTH | ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY | EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION | TROPICAL CYCLONES | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | WEATHER PREDICTION | Latent heat release | Latent heat | Growth | Weather forecasting | Troposphere | Forecast errors | Case studies | Amplification | Errors | Wave dynamics | Vorticity | Cyclone development | Evolution | Cyclones | Heat transfer | Framework | Anomalies
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15. Full Text Small-Scale Potential Vorticity in the Upper-Ocean Thermocline
by Lien, RC and Sanford, TB
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, ISSN 0022-3670, 07/2019, Volume 49, Issue 7, pp. 1845 - 1872
Twenty Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiling Explorer (EM-APEX) floats in the upper-ocean thermocline of the summer Sargasso Sea observed the temporal and... 
CONSISTENCY RELATIONS | WAVE-VORTEX DECOMPOSITION | SHEAR | ENERGY | DISPERSION | SEAMOUNT | OCEANOGRAPHY | Potential vorticity | Small scale processes | SUBMESOSCALE DYNAMICS | PARTITION | Internal waves
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16. Full Text On the definition of a moist‐air potential vorticity
by Marquet, Pascal
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, ISSN 0035-9009, 04/2014, Volume 140, Issue 680, pp. 917 - 929
A new potential vorticity is derived by using a specific entropy formulation expressed in terms of a moist‐air entropy potential temperature. The new... 
symmetric instability | conservative variables | slantwise convection | entropy | potential vorticity | invertibility principle | Potential vorticity | Conservative variables | Entropy | Invertibility principle | Symmetric instability | Slantwise convection | TEMPERATURE | CONVECTION | CONDITIONAL SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | ATMOSPHERE | Troposphere
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17. Full Text Understanding the vertical structure of potential vorticity in tropical depressions
by Murthy, Varun S and Boos, William R
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, ISSN 0035-9009, 07/2019, Volume 145, Issue 722, pp. 1968 - 1991
Potential vorticity (PV) has been used to understand the intensification and motion of a variety of tropical vortices. Here, atmospheric reanalyses and... 
potential vorticity | tropical depressions | convective and stratiform clouds | ERA-INTERIM REANALYSIS | TRMM PR DATA | BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY | LATENT HEATING PROFILES | PART II | GENESIS | PRECIPITATION | EVOLUTION | CYCLONE FORMATION | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | SPECTRAL RETRIEVAL | Absolute vorticity | Vertical profiles | Approximation | Conservation equations | Convective heating | Temperature gradients | Troposphere | Conservation | Potential vorticity | Adiabatic | Tropical depressions | Equations | Temperature gradient | Advection | Tropical atmosphere | Heating | Tropical environment | Cyclones | Structures
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