An objective model for identifying secondary eyewall formation in hurricanes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 876-892

  Kossin, James P ^a   Sitkowski, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EYEWALL; HURRICANE FORECASTING; INNER CORE; OBJECTIVE MODELS; PEAK WIND SPEED; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; STORM SURGES; SURFACE WIND FIELDS; WIND DAMAGE; WIND FIELD;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

HURRICANES;

ALGORITHM; HURRICANE; INNER CORE; MODELING; PROBABILITY; STORM SURGE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 65249170413     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2701.1     Document Type: Article

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