Impact of cloud-radiative processes on hurricane track

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Fovell, Robert G ^a   Corbosiero, Kristen L ^a   Seifert, Axel ^b   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

hurricane track; microphysics; radiative feedback

Indexed keywords

STORMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; CONDENSATION PARTICLES; CONVECTIVE HEATING; MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE PROCESS; STORM DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84455209160     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042691     Document Type: Article

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