The effect of vertical shear on tropical cyclone intensity change

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2076-2087

  Demaria, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b Tropical Prediction Center   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CYCLONE INTENSITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL SHEAR; VORTEX;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030424343     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2076:teovso>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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