Hurricane boundary-layer theory

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 652, 2010, Pages 1665-1670

  Smith, Roger K ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agradient flow; Friction layer; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

AGRADIENT FLOW; EYEWALL; FRICTION LAYER; FRICTIONAL FORCES; HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HURRICANE INTENSIFICATION; SPIN-UP; THERMAL WINDS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNSTEADY BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

FRICTION; HURRICANES; STORMS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ADVECTION; AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; HURRICANE; STEADY FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77958544762     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.679     Document Type: Article

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