Factors affecting the posttransition intensification of Hurricane Irene (1999)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1355-1368

  Evans, Jenni L ^a   Prater Mayes, Barbara E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY;

HURRICANE IRENE; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC OMEGA;

HURRICANES;

CYCLOGENESIS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HURRICANE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 3142685362     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1355:FATPIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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