Influence of environmental vertical wind shear on the intensity of hurricane-strength tropical cyclones in the Australian region

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3644-3660

  Paterson, Linda A ^a   Hanstrum, Barry N ^a   Davidson, Noel E ^a,b   Weber, Harry C ^a,c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; STATISTICS; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; INTENSITY CHANGE; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; SYMMETRIC VORTEX; SYNOPTIC PATTERNS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND SHEAR;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 31444450005     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3041.1     Document Type: Review

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