Coarse, intermediate and high resolution numerical simulations of the transition of a tropical wave critical layer to a tropical storm

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 10803-10827

  Montgomery, M T ^a   Wang, Z ^c   Dunkerton, T J ^a,b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX; VORTICITY; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

METATHERIA;

EID: 77958481792     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10803-2010     Document Type: Article

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