A simple model of the hurricane boundary layer revisited

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 337-351

  Smith, Roger K ^a   Vogl, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Friction layer; Tropical cyclone; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

FRICTION LAYER; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTEX; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 44349118464     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.216     Document Type: Article

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