A numerical study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Part II : Shear and the organization of eyewall vertical motion

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1179-1194

  Braun, Scott A ^a   Wu, Liguang ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND STRESS;

ASYMMETRIC FLOW; EYEWALL; WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANES;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; UPDRAFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 34248373813     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3336.1     Document Type: Article

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