Loop current response to hurricanes Isidore and Lili

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3248-3274

  Shay, Lynn K ^a   Uhlhorn, Eric W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERICS; HURRICANES; THERMODYNAMICS;

CURRENT STRUCTURE; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; HURRICANE INTENSITY; LOOP CURRENT; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OCEAN CONDITIONS; SURFACE WINDS; WIND PROFILING; YUCATAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COOLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE EVENT; MIXED LAYER; NOAA SATELLITE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE WIND; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 52149096016     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2169.1     Document Type: Article

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