Effects of environmental flow upon tropical cyclone structure

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2044-2061

  Frank, William M ^a   Ritchie, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; HURRICANE; VORTEX; WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0033382930     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2044:EOEFUT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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