A classification of binary tropical cyclone-like vortex interactions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2656-2666

  Prieto, Ricardo ^a   McNoldy, Brian D ^b   Fulton, Scott R ^c   Schubert, Wayne H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

EID: 0346121744     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2656:ACOBTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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