Do tropical cyclones intensify by WISHE?

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 644, 2009, Pages 1697-1714

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a,b   van Sang, Nguyen ^c   Smith, Roger K ^c   Persing, John ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Local buoyancy; Typhoon; Vortical hot tower; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLONIC VORTICITY; EYEWALL; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FEEDBACK PROCESS; HOT TOWERS; LOCAL BUOYANCY; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; NEAR-SURFACE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTICAL HOT TOWER; WIND INDUCED SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; RAIN; STORMS; TOWERS; TROPICS; VAPORS; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

AMPLITUDE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CONVERGENCE; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT TRANSFER; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70149116873     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.459     Document Type: Article

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