Tropical cyclogenesis sensitivity to environmental parameters in radiative-convective equilibrium

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 629 B, 2007, Pages 2085-2107

  Nolan, David S ^a   Rappin, Eric D ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Random convection; Sea surface temperature; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

RANDOM CONVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CORIOLIS FORCE; CYCLOGENESIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 38849165938     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.170     Document Type: Article

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