The formation of concentric vorticity structures in typhoons

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2722-2734

  Kuo, H C ^a   Lin, L Y ^b   Chang, C P ^c   Williams, R T ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC MODELS; CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES; DEFORMATION FIELDS; VORTICITY STRUCTURES;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTICITY;

EID: 3042819195     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3286.1     Document Type: Article

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