Modelling tropical cyclone over-water wind and pressure fields

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 1757-1782

  McConochie, Jason D ^a   Hardy, Thomas A ^a   Mason, Luciano B ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field; Model; Tropical cyclone; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

PRESSURE FIELDS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE FIELD; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX; WIND FIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 4143073704     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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