A theory for vortex Rossby-waves and its application to spiral bands and intensity changes in hurricanes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 538, 1997, Pages 435-465

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a,b   Kallenbach, Randall J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane dynamics; Shallow water model; Spiral bands; Vortex Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; SHALLOW WATER EQUATION; VORTEX; WAVE;

HURRICANE; ROSSBY WAVE; SPIRAL BAND; VORTEX;

EID: 0031434821     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53809     Document Type: Article

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