A theory for mixed vortex rossby-gravity waves in tropical cyclones

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3366-3381

  Zhong, Wei ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^a,b   Lu, Han Cheng ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c Nanjing Meteorological Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-RESOLVING; CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DIVERGENT FLOW; DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES; EYEWALL; FREQUENCY EQUATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INERTIA-GRAVITY WAVES; INERTIAL GRAVITY WAVE; INNER REGION; LOW FREQUENCY; RADIAL STRUCTURE; RAINBANDS; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHORTER WAVES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE INSTABILITY;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

GRAVITY WAVE; PERTURBATION; RAINBAND; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 73549099788     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3060.1     Document Type: Article

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