Atlantic subtropical storms. Part I: Diagnostic criteria and composite analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2065-2080

  Evans, Jenni L ^a   Guishard, Mark P ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bermuda Weather Service   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DIURNAL CYCLE; HURRICANE DATABASE; HURRICANE SEASON; HYBRID STRUCTURE; NEAR-SURFACE; OVER WATER; SHEAR ENVIRONMENTS; SHEAR MAGNITUDE; STATIC STABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; TROPICAL SYSTEMS; TROPICAL TRANSITION; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

SETTLING TANKS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 67749084222     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2468.1     Document Type: Article

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