Statistical models of Holland pressure profile parameter and radius to maximum winds of hurricanes from flight-level pressure and H* wind data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2497-2517

  Vickery, Peter J ^a,b   Wadhera, Diuraj ^a  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEANS; FLORIDA; FUNCTION OF TIMES; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE RISKS; HURRICANE WIND FIELDS; INTENSITY PARAMETERS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIPS; LANDFALLING; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; NONDIMENSIONAL; NONDIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRESSURE DATUMS; PRESSURE PROFILES; RISK PREDICTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SINGLE PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL MODELS; TIME PERIODS; WIND DATUMS;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 57849152665     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1837.1     Document Type: Article

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