NASA's tropical cloud systems and processes experiment: Investigating tropical cyclogenesis and hurricane intensity change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 867-882

  Halverson, Jeffrey B ^a   Black, M ^b   Braun, S ^c   Cecil, D ^d   Goodman, M ^e   Heymsfield, A ^f   Heymsfield, G ^c   Hood, R ^e   Krishnamurti, T ^g   McFarquhar, G ^h   Mahoney, M J ⁱ   Molinari, J ^j   Rogers, R ^b   Turk, J ^k   Velden, C ^l   Zhang, D L ^m   Zipser, E ⁿ   Kakar, R ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Center for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^g FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^o NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; STORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CONVECTIVE BURSTS; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANES;

EID: 35348886714     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-6-867     Document Type: Article

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