A Climatology of the Southwest Vortex during 1979-2008 |
Figure 5 Composites of SWV strength, mean wind velocity, and #cod#x003c3; BI for motionless and migratory SWVs at 700 hPa: a SWV strength and #cod#x003c3; BI of stationary and migratory SWVs; b the same as a but for SWV strength and wind speed. The above variables are spatial means in the zone depicted in Fig. 4a, defined as the 5#cod#x000b0; #cod#x000d7; 10#cod#x000b0; box in the southeast quadrant of the SWV center. The numbers on the horizontal axis represent the time levels covering the lifecycle of the SWV, where level 0 is the time of SWV genesis. Negative numbers represent time levels prior to SWV genesis. |
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