Axisymmetric hurricane in a dry atmosphere: Theoretical framework and numerical experiments

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1607-1619

  Mrowiec, Agnieszka A ^a   Garner, Stephen T ^b   Pauluis, Olivier M ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b GFDL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Nonhydrostatic models; Tropical cyclones; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; DRY ATMOSPHERES; DRY ENVIRONMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HURRICANE-LIKE VORTICES; MOIST PROCESS; MOMENTUM FLUX; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAINTENANCE; STORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VORTEX FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80051825723     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3639.1     Document Type: Article

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