Eastern pacific Hurricanes Jimena of 1991 and Olivia of 1994: The effect of vertical shear on structure and intensity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2291-2312

  Black, M L ^a   Gamache, J F ^a   Marks, Jr ^a   Samsury, C E ^a   Willoughby, H E ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; ISOTHERMS; RADAR; SATELLITES; SWIRLING FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

AIRBORNE RADARS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTION; HURRICANE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0036734721     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2291:EPHJOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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