Thermodynamic control of tropical cyclogenesis in environments of radiative-convective equilibrium with shear

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 653, 2010, Pages 1954-1971

  Rappin, Eric D ^a   Nolan, David S ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea surface temperature; Surface wind; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ADVECTING FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; CYCLOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; FREEZING LEVELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; SATURATION DEFICIT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WIND; SURFACE WINDS; THERMODYNAMIC CONTROL; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; VORTEX SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HURRICANES; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW;

TROPICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 78650050885     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.706     Document Type: Article

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