Dynamical effects of environmental vertical wind shear on tropical cyclone motion, structure, and intensity

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 207-220

  Zheng, X ^a,b   Duan, Y H ^a,b   Yu, H ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Typhoon Institute   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 34547899169     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-006-0253-0     Document Type: Article

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