A numerical study of the effects of land proximity and changes in sea surface temperature on hurricane tracks

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 541, 1997, Pages 1307-1321

  Dengler, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer divergence; Coastal meteorology; Potential vorticity; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; SEA; SHALLOW WATER EQUATION; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL METEOROLOGY; DIVERGENT FLOW; HURRICANE; HURRICANES; MODEL; OFFSHORE WIND; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; TRACK DEFLECTION; TRACK DEFLECTIONS;

EID: 0030680065     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54108     Document Type: Article

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