Tropical cyclogenesis via convectively forced vortex rossby waves in a three-dimensional quasigeostrophic model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3176-3207

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a   Enagonio, Janice ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

AXISYMMETRIZATION PROCESS; LORENZ ENERGY CYCLE; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; VORTEX ROSSBY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0033215906     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3176:TCVCFV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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