Helical circulations in the typhoon boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ellis, Ryan ^a   Businger, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; STORMS;

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; COHERENT STRUCTURE; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MEAN FLOW; MOMENTUM FLUX; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAINBANDS; ROLL CIRCULATIONS; ROLL VORTEX; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE RUNUP; WIND DAMAGE; WIND VARIATION;

HURRICANES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HURRICANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND; STORM; TERRAIN; TYPHOON; VORTEX; WAVE RUNUP; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS;

EID: 77950178767     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011819     Document Type: Article

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