Rapid intensification, eyewall contraction, and breakdown of Hurricane Charley (2004) near landfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Wen Chau ^a   Bell, Michael M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; STORMS; VORTICITY; WIND;

PERTURBATION PRESSURE; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND FIELDS;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERTURBATION; REFLECTIVITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; KEY WEST; KEY WEST ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548052453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027889     Document Type: Article

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