A critique of Emanuel's hurricane model and potential intensity theory

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 551-561

  Smith, Roger K ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c   Vogl, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Friction layer; Gradient wind balance; Tropical cyclone; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRAG REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

COMPLETE THEORIES; FRICTION LAYER; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS; GRADIENT WIND BALANCE; RADIAL MOMENTUMS; TANGENTIAL WINDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WIND PROFILES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FRICTION; HURRICANE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TYPHOON; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 44949174543     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.241     Document Type: Article

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