Structure and formation of an annular hurricane simulated in a fully compressible, nonhydrostatic model -TCM4

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1505-1527

  Wang, Yuqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STORMS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (R ,S)-SYMMETRIC; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); AXISYMMETRIC STRUCTURE; AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX; AXISYMMETRIZATION; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX; EYE WALL; FILAMENTATION; GENERAL (CO); HIGH INTENSITY; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; LARGE SIZES; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; NON-HYDROSTATIC MODEL (NHM); NONHYDROSTATIC; RAINBANDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRIKING FEATURES; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC); WAVE NUMBERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HURRICANE; MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 45849145105     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2528.1     Document Type: Article

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