Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: Easterly waves

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5587-5646

  Dunkerton, T J ^a,b   Montgomery, M T ^b   Wang, Z ^b  

^a North West Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

METATHERIA;

EID: 72449180608     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5587-2009     Document Type: Article

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