Hurricane Isabel (2003): New insights into the physics of intense storms. Part I: Mean vortex structure and maximum intensity estimates

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1335-1347

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a,b   Bell, Michael M ^c,d   Aberson, Sim D ^e   Black, Michael L ^e  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANE ISABEL; LOW-LEVEL AIR; SEA-TO-AIR ENTHALPY; SUPERINTENSE STORMS;

STORMS;

EID: 33748355559     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-10-1335     Document Type: Article

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