A numerical study of the genesis of concentric eyewalls in hurricanes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 595 PART B, 2003, Pages 3323-3338

  Nong, Shangyao ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy angular momentum flux; Tropical cyclogenesis; WISHE

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

TOPOGRAPHY;

HURRICANES;

CYCLOGENESIS; HEAT FLUX; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0346281200     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.132     Document Type: Article

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