Reexamining the vertical structure of tangential winds in tropical cyclones: Observations and theory

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3579-3600

  Stern, Daniel P ^a   Nolan, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THEORY; AXISYMMETRIC; DATA SETS; DOPPLER WINDS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; TANGENTIAL WIND; THERMAL WINDS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DOPPLER EFFECT; HURRICANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

EID: 77649289471     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2916.1     Document Type: Article

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