Evolution of multiscale vortices in the development of Hurricane Dolly (2008)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-122

  Fang, Juan ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAPE; Hurricanes; Spectral analysis models distribution; Vortices

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SYSTEMS; CAPE; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE VORTICES; DIABATIC HEATING; DIFFERENT SCALE; ENHANCED SURFACE; MOIST CONVECTION; MULTISCALES; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION; SPIN-UP; STORM CENTER; VORTICES;

HURRICANES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STORMS; VORTICITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLONE; DIABATIC PROCESS; HURRICANE EVENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VORTICITY;

EID: 78651070017     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3522.1     Document Type: Article

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