From concentric eyewall to annular hurricane: A numerical study with the cloud-resolved WRF model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Xiaqiong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYEWALL; INTENSITY CHANGES; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POTENTIAL CAPABILITIES; REPLACEMENT CYCLES; SATELLITE IMAGES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODELS; INTENSITY CHANGE; LIMITED INFORMATION; POTENTIAL CAPABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

EID: 65249147811     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036854     Document Type: Article

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