Hurricane Katrina (2005). Part II: Evolution and hemispheric impacts of a diabatically generated warm pool

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3927-3949

  McTaggart Cowan, Ron ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a   Gyakum, John R ^b   Attallah, Eyad H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTICYCLONIC OUTFLOW; EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; MIDLATITUDE FLOW; WARM POOL;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PERTURBATION; TROPOSPHERE; WARM POOL;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049165539     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2096.1     Document Type: Article

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