Low-wavenumber structure and evolution of the hurricane inner core observed by airborne dual-Doppler radar

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1653-1680

  Reasor, Paul D ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^a   Marks Jr , Frank D ^b   Gamache, John F ^b  

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

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CIRCULATION; HURRICANE; INNER CORE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033927655     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1653:LWSAEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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