Detailed structure within a tropical cyclone "eye"

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Teshiba, Michihiro ^a,b   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Shibagaki, Yoshiaki ^c   Yamanaka, Manabu D ^d,e   Fukao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

CYCLONIC WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND PROFILER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 32644436773     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023242     Document Type: Article

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