Precipitation distribution associated with landfalling tropical cyclones over the eastern United States

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2185-2206

  Atallah, Eyad ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Aiyyer, Anantha R ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION (ET); POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASIGEOSTROPIC; THERMAL WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447295884     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3382.1     Document Type: Article

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