Advances in understanding of tropical cyclone wind structure changes

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-24

  Elsberry, Russell L ^a   Stenger, Robert A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Research Division H*Wind analyses; Secondary eyewall formation; Tropical cyclone; Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08); Tropical cyclone wind structure; Tropical cyclone wind structure change

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549086945     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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