Environmental influences on the strength of tropical Storm Debby (2006)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2557-2581

  Sippel, Jason A ^a,b   Braun, Scott A ^a   Shie, Chung Lin ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Mesoscale processes; North Atlantic Ocean; Subsidence; Tropical cyclones; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HURRICANES; SUBSIDENCE; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW;

STORMS;

CORRELATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENT; VORTEX FLOW; WIND SHEAR;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CAPE VERDE;

EID: 81555200701     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3648.1     Document Type: Article

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