Single Doppler radar observation of the concentric eyewall in typhoon Saomai 2006, near landfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Kun ^a,b   Lee, Wen Chau ^c   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; DOPPLER RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION; TISSUE;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; AXISYMMETRIC; BREAKDOWN (BD); CONCENTRIC (CO); DOPPLER; EVOLUTION (CO); EYE WALL; GROUND-BASED; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; LANDFALLING; PEAK INTENSITY (PI); RADIAL INFLOW; TANGENTIAL WINDS; TRACK DISPLAY; UPWARD MOTION; VORITICITY;

RADAR;

CYCLOGENESIS; DOPPLER RADAR; TYPHOON; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 45549106926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032773     Document Type: Article

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