An examination of the pressure-wind relationship for intense tropical cyclones

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 895-907

  Kieu, Chanh Q ^a   Chen, Hua ^b   Zhang, Da Lin ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure; Tropical cyclones; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL CONSTRAINTS; EYEWALL; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; INTENSITY CHANGE; LINEAR CONTRIBUTION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RADIAL INFLOW; RADIAL WINDS; RAINBANDS; RANKINE VORTICES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SMALL EYE; SURFACE FRICTION; SURFACE WINDS; TANGENTIAL WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

FRICTION; PRESSURE DROP; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; PRESSURE DROP; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX; WIND;

EID: 77955566185     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222344.1     Document Type: Article

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