Tropical cyclone inner-core kinetic energy evolution

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4882-4898

  Maclay, Katherine S ^a   DeMaria, Mark ^b   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL FORCING; EYEWALL; FORCINGS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH SHEARS; MEAN INTENSITIES; REPLACEMENT CYCLES; SIMPSON; STATISTICAL TESTING; STRUCTURAL CHANGES; STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; VERTICAL SHEARS; WIND FIELDS; WIND STRUCTURES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; STORMS;

WIND POWER;

KINETIC ENERGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 64149095076     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2268.1     Document Type: Article

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