An analytical model for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 642, 2009, Pages 1336-1349

  Kieu, Chanh Q ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Tropical cyclone growth; Vortex bogussing; Vortex dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION RATE; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; CORE REGION; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; FASTER RATES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR TERMS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RAPID GROWTH; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; TANGENTIAL FLOW; TC MODEL; TIME-DEPENDENT SOLUTIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE GROWTH; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTEX BOGUSSING; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HURRICANES; MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; ROTATIONAL FLOW; STORMS; TROPICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYCLOGENESIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70149085827     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.433     Document Type: Article

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