Interaction between hurricane florence (1988) and an upper-tropospheric westerly trough

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1231-1247

  Shi, Jainn Jong ^a,b   Chang, Simon ^b   Raman, Sethu ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HURRICANE FLORENCE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLIES; WIND BELT;

EID: 0031474873     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1231:IBHFAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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