The effect of surface friction on the development of tropical cyclones

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1146-1156

  Fang, Juan ^a   Tang, Jianping ^a   Wu, Rongsheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary layer pumping; Convective available potential energy; Surface friction; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849114094     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-8020-z     Document Type: Article

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