Genesis of Typhoon Chanchu (2006) from a westerly wind burst associated with the MJO. Part I: Evolution of a vertically tilted precursor vortex

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3774-3792

  Hogsett, Wallace ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective scale processes; Cyclogenesis cyclolysism; Madden Julian oscillation; Mesoscale processes; Model evaluation performance; Numerical analysis modeling; Tropical cyclones; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE-SCALE PROCESSES; CYCLOGENESIS/CYCLOLYSISM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; FLOW STRUCTURE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTEX FLOW; WESTERLY; WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 78651105572     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3446.1     Document Type: Article

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