The conservation of helicity in hurricane Andrew (1992) and the formation of the spiral rainband

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 940-950

  Xu, Yamei ^a,b   Wu, Rongsheng ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Helecity; Helical flow; Spiral rainband

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINBAND; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0348167922     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915517     Document Type: Article

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