Vorticity-based detection of tropical cyclogenesis

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1214-1229

  Gierach, Michelle M ^a   Bourassa, Mark A ^a   Cunningham, Philip ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a   Reasor, Paul D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WIND;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES) IMAGERY; OCEAN WIND VECTORS; PRETROPICAL CYCLONE; QUICK SCATTEROMETER (QUICKSCAT); TROPICAL DISTURBANCES; TROPICAL WAVES;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; GOES; HURRICANE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTEROMETER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548641778     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2522.1     Document Type: Article

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