Secondary circulation within a tropical cyclone observed with L-band wind profilers

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3951-3958

  Teshiba, M ^a   Yamanaka, M D ^b,c   Hashiguchi, H ^a   Shibagaki, Y ^d   Ohno, Y ^e   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (mesoscale meteorology, convective processes, precipitation)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RAINBAND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 11844255784     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3951-2004     Document Type: Article

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