Hurricane formation in diabatic Ekman turbulence

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 641, 2009, Pages 823-838

  Schecter, David A ^a   Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Simple models; Tropical cyclones; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; CHAOTIC FLOWS; COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; CUMULUS CONVECTION; DIABATIC; EKMAN PUMPING; FLOW INSTABILITIES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; QUASI-LINEAR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SIMPLE MODELS; SURFACE EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; SWIRLING MOTION; THREE-LAYER MODELS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; TROPICAL LATITUDES; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUDS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS; TURBULENCE;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CUMULUS; DIABATIC PROCESS; EKMAN TRANSPORT; HURRICANE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 70149106353     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.405     Document Type: Article

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