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warm conveyor belt: a standalone construct

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warmconveyor belt1 CONSTRUCTWarm conveyor beltMADONNA · ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

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a coherent airstream rising poleward ahead of an extratropical cyclone's cold front, producing most of its cloud and precipitation and modifying potential vorticity.

In atmospheric science, warm conveyor belt refers to a coherent airstream rising poleward ahead of an extratropical cyclone's cold front, producing most of its cloud and precipitation and modifying potential vorticity. This meaning comes from Madonna (2014) in Journal of Climate.[1]

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  1. Madonna, E., Wernli, H., Joos, H., & Martius, O. (2014). Warm Conveyor Belts in the ERA-Interim Dataset (1979–2010). Part I: Climatology and Potential Vorticity Evolution. Journal of Climate, 27(1), 3-26. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00720.1

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