Energy production, frictional dissipation, and maximum intensity of a numerically simulated tropical cyclone

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-116

  Wang, Yuqing ^a   Xu, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; CONTROL VOLUMES; DISSIPATION RATES; ENERGY FLUXES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXCESS ENERGY; EYEWALL; FRICTIONAL DISSIPATION; HEAT ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION RATES; REDUCED SIZE; SURFACE ENTROPIES; SURFACE FRICTION; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953271006     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3143.1     Document Type: Article

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