Prediction and diagnosis of tropical cyclone formation in an NWP system. Part III: Diagnosis of developing and nondeveloping storms

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3195-3213

  Tory, Kevin J ^a   Davidson, N E ^a   Montgomery, M T ^b,c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORM;

STORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLOGENESIS; DIABATIC PROCESS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34948846157     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4023.1     Document Type: Article

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