Vortex Rossby waves and hurricane intensification in a barotropic model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1674-1687

  Möller, J Dominique ^a,b   Montgomery, Michael T ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

BAROTROPIC MODEL; VORTEX ROSSBY WAVES;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROTROPIC MOTION; HURRICANE; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTEX;

EID: 0344642456     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1674:VRWAHI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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