Ocean effects on tropical cyclone intensification and inner-core asymmetries

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1245-1258

  Zhu, Hongyan ^a   Ulrich, Wolfgang ^a   Smith, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COOLING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY CONTROL;

OCEAN MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVERGENCE; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE MOTION; MIXED LAYER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 3042785879     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1245:OEOTCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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