The importance of the precipitation mass sink in tropical cyclones and other heavily precipitating systems

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1674-1692

  Lackmann, Gary M ^a   Yablonsky, Richard M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; VORTEX FLOW; WATER;

PRESSURE CHANGES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESSURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2442538768     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1674:TIOTPM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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