Turbulence structure of the hurricane boundary layer between the outer rainbands

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2455-2467

  Zhang, Jun A ^a,b   Drennan, William M ^a   Black, Peter G ^b,c   French, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; COUPLED BOUNDARY LAYERS AIR-SEA TRANSFERS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOMENTUM FLUX; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RAINBANDS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SHEAR PRODUCTION; SOURCE AND SINK; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TURBULENCE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND BOUNDARY LAYERS; WIND VELOCITIES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HURRICANES; KINETIC ENERGY; MOISTURE; MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ADVECTION; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HURRICANE; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RAINBAND; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70349274226     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2954.1     Document Type: Article

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