Tropical transition of the 2001 Australian Duck

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2038-2057

  Garde, Luke Andrew ^a   Pezza, Alexandre Bernardes ^a   Bye, John Arthur Tristram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Extratropics; Hurricanes; Tropical cyclones; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AIR PARCELS; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; AUSTRALIA; CYCLOGENESIS/CYCLOLYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; FLASH FLOODING; HEAVY RAINS; HIGHER LATITUDES; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NESTED SIMULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL JET; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL TRANSITION; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

HEAT FLUX; HURRICANES; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTICITY;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT FLUX; HURRICANE; JET STREAM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM TRACK; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALIA; BYRON BAY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 77955564054     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3220.1     Document Type: Article

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