Can eddy fluxes serve as a catalyst for hurricane and typhoon formation?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2201-2219

  Challa, Malakondayya ^a   Pfeffer, Richard L ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^a   Chang, Simon W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; EDDY; HURRICANE;

EID: 0032447698     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2201:CEFSAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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