The genesis of Typhoon Nuri as observed during the Tropical Cyclone Structure 2008 (TCS08) field experiment – Part 2: Observations of the convective environment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4001-4009

  Montgomery, M T ^a   Smith, R K ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; TYPHOON; VERTICAL PROFILE; WARMING;

EID: 84860617799     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4001-2012     Document Type: Article

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