Intensification of tropical-cyclone-like vortices in uniform zonal background-flows

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 563, 2000, Pages 549-568

  Dengler, K ^a   Keyser, D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convective parameterization; Maximum potential intensity; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX;

EID: 0034105531     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656308     Document Type: Article

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