Inner-core vacillation cycles during the intensification of Hurricane Katrina

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 657, 2011, Pages 829-844

  Nguyen, Mai C ^a   Reeder, Michael J ^a   Davidson, Noel E ^b   Smith, Roger K ^c   Montgomery, Michael T ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barotropic instability; Eyewall replacement cycles; Rapid filamentation zones; Tropical cyclone; Vacillation cycles; Vortex Rossby waves; Vortical hot towers

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC; EYEWALL; FILAMENTATION; HOT TOWERS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VACILLATION CYCLES; VORTEX ROSSBY WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; TOWERS; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957925073     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.823     Document Type: Article

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