Why rolls are prevalent in the hurricane boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2647-2661

  Foster, Ralph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; HORIZONTAL ROLL VORTICES; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTEX;

EID: 26244432382     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3475.1     Document Type: Article

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