Tall precipitation cells in tropical cyclone eyewalls are associated with tropical cyclone intensification

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Kelley, Owen A ^a,b   Stout, John ^a,b   Halverson, Jeffrey B ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

3314 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Convective processes; 3354 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Precipitation (1854); 3360 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR REFLECTION; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE CELLS; REFLECTIVITY SIGNALS; TALL PRECIPITATION CELLS; TROPICAL CYCLONE EYEWALLS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 14544280636     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021616     Document Type: Article

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