Genesis of pre-Hurricane Felix (2007). Part I: The role of the easterly wave critical layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1711-1729

  Wang, Zhuo ^a   Montgomery, M T ^b,c   Dunkerton, T J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence divergence; Hurricanes; Intertropical convergence zone; Lagrangian circulation transport; Tropical cyclones; Vortices

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PROCESS; CLOUD SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE VORTICES; CRITICAL LAYER; DEEP CONVECTION; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DIABATIC; DIABATIC HEATING; DOCUMENT MODEL; DRY-AIR INTRUSIONS; EASTERLY WAVE; FOCAL POINTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN CIRCULATION/TRANSPORT; LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MODEL SIMULATION; MOIST AIR; MONTGOMERY; NESTED GRID; PARAMETERIZATIONS; STORM CENTER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; VORTICITY BALANCE; WAVE DISTURBANCES; WAVE SIGNAL; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SECURITY OF DATA; STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; CYCLOGENESIS; DIABATIC PROCESS; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EID: 77955532366     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3420.1     Document Type: Article

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