Rapid scan views of convectively generated mesovortices in sheared tropical cyclone Gustav (2002)

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1041-1050

  Hendricks, Eric A ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DEEP CONVECTION; MESOSCALE PROCESSES; MESOVORTICES; RAPID SCAN VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV; VERTICAL SHEARING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33846264080     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF950.1     Document Type: Article

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